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John Bowman, Jr. John Bowman Jr. (1828 – 3 August 1900) was born in Cumberland, [2] [3] and accompanied his parents and siblings to Hobart. John and William Charles arrived in South Australia together as youngsters, accompanying their father's herd of sheep. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1868 [4] but otherwise took little part in ...
Calthwaite Hall. Coordinates: 54°45′16″N 2°49′33″W. Calthwaite Hall. Calthwaite Hall, near Penrith in Cumbria, England, is a house of historical significance and is Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England. [1] It was built in 1837 for Thomas Dixon Esq and was the home of many notable people for the next 150 years.
Penrith (/ ˈ p ɛ n r ɪ θ /, / p ɛ n ˈ r ɪ θ /) is a market town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is less than 3 miles (5 km) outside the Lake District National Park and about 17 miles (27 km) south of Carlisle .
Laurence George Bowman (16 March 1866 – 21 November 1950), was a British Liberal Party politician and headmaster. Background [ edit ] He was born in Poland when it was part of Tsarist Russia, and brought to England in 1870. [1]
Brougham Castle (pronounced / ˈbruːm /) is a medieval building about 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of Penrith, Cumbria, England. The castle was founded by Robert I de Vieuxpont in the early 13th century. The site, near the confluence of the rivers Eamont and Lowther, had been chosen by the Romans for a Roman fort called Brocavum.
George Bowman (10 February 1699–2 March 1768) was an 18th-century American pioneer, landowner and a prominent Indian fighter in the early history of the Virginia Colony. He, along with his father-in-law Jost Hite, was one of the first to explore and settle Shenandoah Valley. His estate, on which Fort Bowman was founded, was one of the ...
George was born on 28 May 1660 in the city of Hanover in the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the Holy Roman Empire. [b] He was the eldest son of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and his wife, Sophia of the Palatinate. Sophia was the granddaughter of King James I of England, through her mother, Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia. [3]
George II (George Augustus; German: Georg August; 30 October / 9 November 1683 [a] – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 ( O.S.) until his death in 1760. Born and brought up in northern Germany, George is the most recent ...