George Bowyer, 1st Baron Denham

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Captain Sir George Edward Wentworth Bowyer, 1st Baron Denham (January 16, 1886 – November 30, 1948), MC DL was a British Conservative Party politician.

Bowyer was educated at Eton and Oxford and was called to the Bar in 1910. He married Daphne Mitford, daughter of Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale, on 27 February 1919, They had three children:

1. Richard Laurence Grenville Bowyer (February 17, 1920 – January 29, 1943), killed during World War II.
2. Peggy Bowyer (b. May 18, 1925).
3. Bertram Stanley Mitford Bowyer, 2nd Baron Denham (b. October 3, 1927), known as "Bertie"

Bowyer was active in local government and was president of the Urban District Councils Association. At the 1918 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham. He served as a whip for many years. He was vice-chair of the Conservative Party and became Comptroller of the Household in 1935.

Bowyer was knighted in 1929 and made a baronet in 1933. In 1937 he was created 1st Baron Denham, of Weston Manor, Olney, Bucks.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Harry Verney	Member of Parliament for Buckingham 1918–1937	Succeeded by John Whiteley
Political offices
Preceded by Sir Victor Warrender, 8th Bt.	Comptroller of the Household 1935	Succeeded by Sir Lambert Ward
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New Creation	Baron Denham 1937–1948	Succeeded by Bertram Bowyer
	Baronet (of Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire) 1933–1948

[edit] References

Burke's Peerage & Gentry; and Hons & Cousins by FJ Mitford, 2006.

• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.