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Dr James BOWMAN (1784 - 1846)

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Date of Birth: 01/01/1784
Place of Birth: Carlisle, Cumberland, England
Date of Death: 23/08/1846
Place of Death: 'Ravensworth', Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Principal Colonial Surgeon 01 Dec 1823 01 Jan 1828 4 years 1 month 2 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 01 Dec 1823 22 Nov 1825 1 year 11 months 23 days An Appointed Member of the first Legislative Council 1824 - 1843. Appointment terminated by Royal Warrant dated 17 July 1825 and proclaimed on 20 December 1825. Sat in Council until 22 November 1825.
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Medical practitioner (surgeon) and pastoralist. Entered the Royal Navy as an assistant surgeon in 1806, being promoted to surgeon in 1807. He was placed on half-pay at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1814. Arrived in New South Wales as a surgeon and agent on 19 January 1816. Became an inspector of colonial hospitals in 1828. Appointed a member of the Australian Agricultural Company in 1824. However, drought and depression combined with ill advised expenditure and inexperience led to heavy financial losses.
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Personal
Son of Edward and Ann Bowman of Carlisle, Cumberland, England. Married Mary Isabella Macarthur, second living daughter of John and Elizabeth Macarthur in 1823 and they had 5 children. Sudden death from apoplexy.
Additional Information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1

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