Background
He was born in Saint John"s, Newfoundland the grandson of Benjamin Bowring and cousin of Charles R. Bowring.
politician Newfoundland businessman
He was born in Saint John"s, Newfoundland the grandson of Benjamin Bowring and cousin of Charles R. Bowring.
Between 1918 and 1922 he was the Dominion of Newfoundland"s first High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and would later serve as the dominion"s final High Commissioner to London from 1933 to 1934 when self-government was suspended. Chairman of C. T. Bowring and Company and also of Bowring Brothers. He was knighted in 1915.
He was responsible for the creation of Bowring Park in Saint John"s, Newfoundland.