Sir George Bowen | |||||||||
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| 1st Governor of Queensland | |||||||||
| In office 10 December 1859 – 4 January 1868 | |||||||||
| Monarch | Victoria | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Office Established | ||||||||
| 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 | The 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 | ||||||||
| Lieutenant Governor | LTG John Sargent LTG Sir William Cameron | ||||||||
| Colonial Secretary | William Henry Marsh Frederick Stewart | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Sir John Pope Hennessy | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Sir George William Des Vœux | ||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | George Ferguson Bowen 2 November 1821 Parish of Taughboyne, County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland | ||||||||
| Died | 21 February 1899 (aged 77) Brighton, England | ||||||||
| Resting place | Kensal Green Cemetery | ||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||
| Spouses | |||||||||
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford | ||||||||
| Profession | colonial administrator | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 寶雲 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 宝云 | ||||||||
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Sir George Ferguson Bowen GCMG PC (Chinese: 寶雲; 2 November 1821 – 21 February 1899), was an Irish author and colonial administrator whose appointments included postings to the Ionian Islands, Queensland, New Zealand, Victoria, Mauritius and Hong Kong.[1]
- ^ R. B. Joyce, 'Bowen, Sir George Ferguson (1821–1899) Archived 10 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 3, Melbourne University Press, 1969, pp 203–207. Retrieved 18 April 2010