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Metcalf Bowler | |
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Born | 1726 |
Died | September 24, 1789 |
Burial place | St. John's Cemetery, Providence |
Occupation(s) | Trader, Spy, Judge |
Spouse | Ann Fairchild Bowler |
Metcalf Bowler (1726—September 24, 1789) was a Rhode Island merchant, politician, and magistrate. He was for many years speaker of the house in the Rhode Island colonial assembly, attended the 1754 Albany Congress, and was elected a delegate to the 1765 Stamp Act Congress. In 1776 he was appointed to the newly independent state's supreme court. A successful Atlantic merchant, he was financially ruined by the American Revolutionary War, and was in the 20th century revealed to be a paid informant for the British.