Sir John Bowring

(1792-1872)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bowring, John, Sir, 1792-1872 NRA: Bowring, Sir John (1792-1872) Knight, MP, diplomat, colonial governor, author, traveller DNB: Bowring, Sir John (1792-1872), politician, diplomatist, and writer LBT ID: JoBowri1872 VIAF ID: 29681156 LOC ID: n50042871	B/BAP: 1792-09-17 DIED: 1872-11-23
SOURCES: DNB; Prance, Companion to Charles Lamb (1983); Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Poet, linguist, MP, and editor of the Westminster Review. He was the secretary of the London Greek Committee (1823) through which he was wrongly accused of having enriched himself.
CORRESPONDENCE OF Sir John Bowring: Lord Byron to Sir John Bowring, 12 May 1823 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Lord Byron to Sir John Bowring, 21 May 1823 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Lord Byron to Sir John Bowring, 7 July 1823 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Lord Byron to Sir John Bowring, 29 November 1823 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Lord Byron to Sir John Bowring, 7 December 1823 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Lord Byron to Sir John Bowring, 10 December 1823 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Lord Byron to Sir John Bowring, 13 December 1823 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Lord Byron to Sir John Bowring, 26 December 1823 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)