Humphrey Bowring
{{Short description|Royal Navy officer (1874–1952)}}
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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = Admiral
| name = Humphrey Bowring
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|CB|DSO}}
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| birth_date = 18 April 1874
| death_date = {{death-date and age|21 February 1952|18 April 1874}}
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| allegiance = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
| branch = 23px Royal Navy
| serviceyears = 1887–1929
| rank = Admiral
| unit =
| commands = HMS Arrogant
HMS Aurora
HMS Bellerophon
HMS Centurion
Coast of Scotland
| battles = World War I
| awards = Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
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Admiral Humphrey Wykeham Bowring CB DSO (18 April 1874 – 21 February 1952) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.
Naval career
Born the son of the industrialist John Charles Bowring,[http://www.heraldry-online.org.uk/bowring/bowring-pedigree.htm Heraldry online] Bowring joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1887,[http://www.admirals.org.uk/admirals/individual.php?RecNo=369 Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945] took part in the Witu expedition in 1890[http://www.dnw.co.uk/medals/auctionarchive/searchcataloguearchive/itemdetail.lasso?itemid=70677 Dix Noonan Webb Medals] and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1895.{{London Gazette|issue=26694|page=7532|date=31 December 1895}} He served in World War I as Captain of the cruiser HMS Arrogant and then of the cruiser HMS Aurora[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIPS.pdf Captains commanding Royal Navy Warships] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714184102/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIPS.pdf |date=14 July 2015 }} and acted as Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Dover Patrol.[http://www.antiqbook.com/books/viewcat.phtml?o=nort&c=History&sKeyword=&Page=33&Language=en&BooksFound=849&MaxPages=34 The Great War Magazine – Part 105: The Standard History of the All-Europe Conflict (World War 1/One) 19 August 1916] After the War he commanded the battleship HMS Bellerophon and then the battleship HMS Centurion. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland in 1926 and retired in 1929.{{London Gazette|issue=33523|page=5145|date=6 August 1929}} He was promoted to full admiral on the Retired list on 30 September 1933.{{London Gazette|issue=33983|page=6355| date=3 October 1933}}
He lived at Plympton in Devon.[http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/arthur-charles-fox-davies/armorial-families--a-directory-of-gentlemen-of-coat-armour-volume-1-dxo/page-55-armorial-families--a-directory-of-gentlemen-of-coat-armour-volume-1-dxo.shtml Armorial families : a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies]
Family
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Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order