George Bowyer, 1st Baron Denham

The Right Honourable
The Lord Denham
MC DL
The Right Honourable The Lord Denham MC DL
Comptroller of the Household
	In office; 21 June 1935 – 6 December 1935
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Victor Warrender
Succeeded by	Sir Lambert Ward
Member of Parliament; for Buckingham
	In office; 14 December 1918 – 11 June 1937
Preceded by	Sir Harry Verney
Succeeded by	John Whiteley
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	In office; 11 June 1937 – 30 November 1948; as a hereditary peer
Preceded by	Peerage created
Succeeded by	The 2nd Baron Denham
Personal details
Born	16 January 1886
Died	30 November 1948 (aged 62)
Political party	Conservative

George Edward Wentworth Bowyer, 1st Baron Denham, MC, DL (16 January 1886 – 30 November 1948), was a British Conservative Party politician.

Biography

Bowyer was educated at Eton and Oxford and was called to the Bar in 1910.

He married Daphne Mitford, daughter of Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale, on 27 February 1919. They had three children:

Hon. Richard Laurence Grenville Bowyer (17 February 1920 – 29 January 1943), killed in action during World War II
Hon. Peggy Bowyer (born 18 May 1925)
Bertram Stanley Mitford Bowyer, 2nd Baron Denham, known as "Bertie" (3 October 1927 – 1 December 2021)

Bowyer was active in local government and was president of the Urban District Councils Association. At the 1918 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham. He served as a whip for many years. He was vice-chair of the Conservative Party and became Comptroller of the Household in 1935.

He was a Captain awarded with the Military Cross and a Deputy Lieutenant.

Bowyer was knighted in 1929 and made a Baronet, of Weston Underwood, Olney, Buckinghamshire, in 1933. In 1937 he was created 1st Baron Denham, also of Weston Underwood, Olney, Buckinghamshire.

He was elected as Senior Steward of the National Greyhound Racing Club and was the guest of honour when Oxford Stadium opened in 1939.^[1]^[2]

Arms

Coat of arms of George Bowyer, 1st Baron Denham
	Crest A falcon rising belled Or. Escutcheon Or a bend Vaire cottised Sable. Supporters Dexter a golden retriever sinister a black greyhound Proper each charged on the shoulder with a portcullis Or.^[3]

References

^ ""£22M. More Spent On Gambling Last Year." Times, 16 Feb. 1957, p. 4". Times Digital Archives.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Genders, Roy (1990). NGRC book of Greyhound Racing. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7207-1804-X.
^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 2318.

Burke's Peerage & Gentry; and Hons & Cousins by F. J. Mitford, 2006.
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source]} ^{[better source needed]}
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Bowyer

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Harry Verney	Member of Parliament for Buckingham 1918–1937	Succeeded by John Whiteley
Political offices
Preceded by Sir Victor Warrender, 8th Bt	Comptroller of the Household 1935	Succeeded by Sir Lambert Ward
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Denham 1937–1948 Member of the House of Lords (1937–1948)	Succeeded by Bertram Bowyer
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Weston Underwood) 1933–1948	Succeeded by Bertram Bowyer

[1] ""£22M. More Spent On Gambling Last Year." Times, 16 Feb. 1957, p. 4". Times Digital Archives.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] Genders, Roy (1990). NGRC book of Greyhound Racing. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7207-1804-X.

[3] Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 2318.

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