George Bowman (Australian politician)

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George Bowman (1795 East Lothian, Scotland – 26 August 1878 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia) was a pastoralist, benefactor of Richmond and politician in the colony of New South Wales.

He was the eldest son of John Bowman, a pioneer settler from East Lothian in Scotland, and his wife Honor née Honey, from Cornwall.{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last= Fletcher |first= B. H. |authorlink= |year= 1966 |id2=bowman-john-1813 |title= Bowman, John (1763–1825) |accessdate= 2015-10-30}}

His brother William Bowman (1799–1874), also a Member of the first Legislative Council and also a Member of the Legislative Assembly.{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=283 |name=Mr William Bowman (1800-1874) |former=Yes |access-date=23 April 2019}} George Bowman was the father with Eliza Sophia née Pearce of George Pearce Bowman (1821–1870), pastoralist, Robert Bowman (1830–1873), medical practitioner, and Alexander Bowman (1838–1892) (also a Member of the Legislative Assembly), parliamentarian, the eldest, fifth and seventh sons,{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=723 |name=Mr Alexander Bowman (1838-1892) |former=Yes |access-date=23 April 2019}}{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last= Gray |first= Nancy |authorlink= |year= 1969 |id2=bowman-alexander-3325 |title= Bowman, Alexander (1838–1892) |accessdate= 2015-10-29}} pioneers of the Hawkesbury region.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13414810 |title=The Late George Bowman, of Richmond. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=28 August 1878 |accessdate=30 October 2015 |page=5 |via=Trove}}

He was an elected member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1 September 1851 to 29 February 1856 for the Counties of Northumberland and Hunter.{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=256 |name=Mr George Bowman (1795-1878) |former=Yes |access-date=23 April 2019}}