Education
Bowater was educated at Eton, and at Magdalen College, Oxford.
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Ian Bowater
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He later became Sheriff of the City of London in 1965 and was invested as a Knight in 1967. He was also the Chairman of Bowater Hotels. In 1966, Bowater received the Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria.
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He held the office of Lord Lieutenant of the City of London in 1939 and fought in the Second World War, gaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the service of the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army), for which he was decorated with the awards of Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (Defence Science Organisation) in 1945 and the Territorial Decoration (Territorial Decoration). He also held the office of Lord Mayor of London between 1969 and 1970 and was invested as an Officer of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (OStJ) and as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in 1970.
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October 1, 1982 (aged 77) -
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United Kingdom