Ian Frank Bowater
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Lt.-Col. Sir Ian Frank Bowater GBE DSO TD (16 December 1904–1 October 1982) was Lord Mayor of London from 1969 to 1970.
Bowater was the youngest son of Sir Frank Bowater, 1st Baronet (Lord Mayor from 1938 to 1939) and was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. On 10 December 1927, he married Ursula Dawson (a daughter of the doctor to the British Royal Family, Bertrand Dawson) and they had four children.
Bowater later fought in World War II with the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army), for which he was awarded the DSO and TD. He later became Sheriff of London in 1965 and Lord Mayor from 1969 to 1970 and was knighted upon his retirement.
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| Preceded by Charles Trinder |
Lord Mayor of London 1969–1970 |
Succeeded by Peter Studd |
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