Sir William Bowring, 1st Baronet

Sir William Benjamin Bowring, 1st Baronet (13 February 1837 – 20 October 1916), was a British shipowner, local politician and benefactor.

Sir William Bowring
Lord Mayor of Liverpool
In office
1893–1894
Preceded byRobert Durning Holt
Succeeded byWilliam Henry Watts
Personal details
Born(1837-02-13)13 February 1837
St. John's, Newfoundland
Died28 October 1916(1916-10-28) (aged 79)

Bowring was a senior partner of C. T. Bowring & Company, shipowners,[1] and served as Lord Mayor of Liverpool between 1893 and 1894. He gave Bowring Park, Knowsley, to the city of Liverpool in 1906 and was created a baronet, of Beechwood in the Parish of Grassendale in the County Palatine of Lancaster, on 23 July 1907.[2] He died in October 1916, aged 79, when the title became extinct.

He was the son of Charles Tricks Bowring and grandson of Benjamin Bowring and brother of Charles R. Bowring of Newfoundland.

References
  1. www.marinelink.com Bowring & Company
  2. "No. 28040". The London Gazette. 16 July 1907. p. 4858.
Political offices
Preceded by
Robert Durning Holt		 Lord Mayor of Liverpool
1893–1894		 Succeeded by
William Henry Watts
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Beechwood)
1907–1916		 Extinct
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