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Bowen was born on 16 December 1844. His father was a blacksmith from Rochford, Worcestershire.
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John Bowen
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He served as a magistrate in Worcestershire, was elected as an alderman for the county in 1892, and was High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1916-1917. In 2014, the Birmingham Civic Society unveiled a blue plaque in his honour, with the intention of affixing it to another of his buildings, a school now known as The Ark Academy in Tindal Street, in the city"s Balsall Heath. The unveiling was attended by three High Sheriffs, for the West Midlands (Tim Watts), Powys (Philip Bowen), and Worcestershire (Michael Hogan), as well as Deputy Lord Lieutenant David Bradnock.
Bowen once lived on Tindal Street, and later lived in Moseley, in a house called Rochford (5245300°North 189298°West / 5245300.
-189298; since demolished), on Strensham Hill. A biography, Alderman John Bowen Justice of the Peace "Honest John" by Bowen"s great-grandson, Anthony Collins, was published in 2014.
