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George Ferguson Bowen

The Right Honourable
Sir George Bowen
GCMG
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1st Governor of Queensland
In office
10 December 1859 – 4 January 1868
Monarch Victoria
Succeeded by Samuel Blackall
5th Governor of New Zealand
In office
5 February 1868 – 19 March 1873
Monarch Victoria
Premier Edward Stafford
William Fox
George Waterhouse
Preceded by Sir George Grey
Succeeded by Sir James Fergusson
5th Governor of Victoria
In office
30 July 1873 – 22 February 1879
Monarch Victoria
Preceded by Sir John Manners-Sutton
Succeeded by George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
13th Governor of Mauritius
In office
1879–1883
Monarch Victoria
9th Governor of Hong Kong
In office
30 March 1883 – 6 October 1887
Monarch Victoria
Preceded by Sir John Pope Hennessy
Succeeded by Sir George William Des Vœux
Personal details
Born (1821-11-02)2 November 1821
Taughboyne, County Donegal, Ireland, UK
Died 21 February 1899(1899-02-21) (aged 77)
Brighton, Sussex, England, UK
Nationality British
Spouse(s) Contessa Diamantina Roma
Florence Bowen
Alma mater Brasenose College, Oxford
Profession colonial administrator
George Bowen
Traditional Chinese 寶雲

Sir George Ferguson Bowen, GCMG (Chinese: 寶雲; 2 November 1821 – 21 February 1899) was a British author and colonial administrator whose appointments included postings to the Ionian Islands, Queensland, New Zealand, Victoria, Mauritius and Hong Kong.

Bowen was born the eldest son of the Rev. Edward Bowen, rector of Taughboyne in County Donegal. Bowen was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Oxford. Bowen, twice President of the Oxford Union, was awarded a first class Bachelor of Arts degree in classics in 1844, and was elected a fellow of Brasenose College. Bowen was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1844 and obtained his Master of Arts three years later. In 1846 Bowen had some naval training, serving for sixteen days on HMS Victory. In 1847 Bowen was appointed president of the Ionian University located in Corfu, a post he held until 1851.

Bowen became the chief secretary to the government of the Ionian Islands in 1854. While in that post, he married the Contessa Diamantina di Roma on 28 April 1856. Diamantina was the daughter of Conte Giorgio-Candiano Roma and his wife Contessa Orsola, née di Balsamo. The Roma family were local aristocracy; her father being the President of the Ionian Senate, titular head of the Islands, from 1850 to 1856. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1855 and was advanced to Knight Commander (KCMG) in the following year.


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