Gerald Bowden

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Gerald Francis Bowden (born 26 August 1935), was British Conservative MP for Dulwich from 1983 until 1992. He was succeeded by Tessa Jowell.

Gerald Bowden also represented Dulwich on the Greater London Council 1977-81. He is an honours graduate in Jurisprudence from Magdalen College, Oxford; was called to the bar at Grays Inn and qualified as a chartered surveyor at University of Reading (formerly the College of Estate Management), practising part-time in these professions. He held an academic appointment as a principle lecturer in the law of property at London South Bank University (formerly South Bank Polytechnic) from 1971 - 1984. On leaving Parliament he took up an academic appointment and resumed practise at the bar.

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  • Times Guide to the House of Commons 1992
  • Hansard
  • Who's Who
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Samuel Charles Silkin
Member of Parliament for Dulwich
19831992
Succeeded by
Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell