Sir Alfred Bower, 1st Baronet
Sir Alfred Louis Bower, 1st Baronet (8 October 1858 – 16 November 1948), was a British businessman.
Bower was the founder of Bower and Company, wine merchants. He was elected a Sheriff of London in 1912–13 and was knighted on 13 October 1913.[1]
His company was renamed El Vino so he could serve as an Alderman and then Lord Mayor of London between 1924 and 1925. He was created a baronet of Chislehurst in the County of Kent on 19 October 1925.[2]
He had one child, Mona Elizabeth Blackett Bower (1903-55), who married James Mitchell (1889-1981). They were the parents of Sir David Bower Mitchell.
Bower died in November 1948, aged 90, when the title became extinct.
Arms: Per pale vert and sable, two longbows bent palewise in fesse or, on a chief of the last a Sword point to the dexter of the second. Crest: On the wreath of the colours, a bowman in armour, holding in the hands a drawn bow proper. Motto: "Ad metam"
References
- ^ "No. 28766". The London Gazette. 21 October 1913. p. 7337.
- ^ "No. 33095". The London Gazette. 23 October 1925. pp. 6840–6841.