Background
Bowes was the son of Sir George Bowes and his second wife and was baptised on 25 November 1560.
Bowes was the son of Sir George Bowes and his second wife and was baptised on 25 November 1560.
He was admitted at Gray"s Inn in 1579. He was commissioner for musters for North Riding of Yorkshire in 1585 and commissioner for recusancy in 1596. He was alderman (mayor) of Richmond from 1598 to 1599.
In 1601 he was elected Member of Parliament for Richmond again.
He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Richmond in 1604. In 1611 he succeeded his half-brother Sir William Bowes to the estates of Barnard Castle.
He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Richmond in 1614. He was knighted in 1617.
In 1621 he was re-elected Member of Parliament for Richmond.
He was alderman of Richmond again from 1624 to 1625. In 1625 he was re-elected Member of Parliament for Richmond. He was last elected Member of Parliament for Richmond in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.
Bowes died at the age of 77 and was buried at Barnard Castle.
Bowes married Agnes Warcop, daughter of Thomas Warcop of Smardale, Westmorland. He was half brother to Sir William Bowes and Robert Bowes.
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In 1593, he was elected Member of Parliament for Richmond.