Sir Thomas Vansittart Bowater, 1st Baronet

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Sir Thomas Vansittart Bowater, 1st Baronet (29 October 1862–28 March 1938) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of London from 1913 to 1914 and as one of the City's Member of Parliament from 1924 to 1938.

Bowater was the son of William Vansittart Bowater and his wife, Eliza Jane née Davey. On 8 June 1887, he married Emily Margaret Spencer and they later had six children. From 1905 to 1906, he was a Sheriff of the City of London, elected Lord Mayor in 1913 and on finishing this post a year later, he was created a baronet. His wife died in 1924 and a year later he married Alice Mary Hoskins. Bowater was later one of two MPs for the City of London from 1924 to 1938.

Political offices
Preceded by David Burnett	Lord Mayor of London 1913–1914	Succeeded by Charles Johnston
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Frederick Banbury and Edward Grenfell	Member of Parliament for the City of London with Edward Grenfell 1924–1935, Alan Anderson 1935–1938 1924–1938	Succeeded by Alan Anderson and George Broadbridge
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New Creation	Baronet (of Hill Crest) 1914–1915	Succeeded by Rainald Bowater