Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Hon. Charles R. Bowring

      Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1840 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹¹⁵⁴ Christening: Death: 31 Jan 1890 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( about age 50) ¹¹⁵⁴ Burial: Cause of Death:

Events

• Residence: Oakleigh Cottage, 1851, West Derby, Lancashire, England.

• Court: Member of Grand Jury - Central Circuit of Supreme Court, 20 Apr 1868, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Occupation: Merchant, Water St., 20 Apr 1868, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Occupation: Managing Partner, Bowring Bros., Between 1869 and 1990, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Election: MHA for Bonavista, Between 1873 and 1878, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Election: MLC, Between 1886 and 1890, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Residence: Devon House, 3 Forest Rd., St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

         Father: Charles Tricks Bowring ²²⁸⁷
         Mother: Harriet Harvey ²²⁸⁷

Spouses and Children

1. Living
       Children:
                1. Sir Eric Aubrey Bowring CBE

Notes

General:

280513 from Dictionary of Newfoundland and Labrador Biography:

BOWRING, CHARLES R. (1840-1890). b St. John's; father of Eric A. Bowring; managing partner Bowring Brothers 1869-90; MHA Bonavista 1873-78; MLC 1886-90; d St. John's 31 Jan. M

Charles Tricks Bowring

      Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 24 Mar 1808 - Exeter, Devon, England ²²⁸⁷ Christening: Death: Cir 1885 - Lancashire, England ( about age 77) ²²⁸⁷ Burial: Cause of Death:

Events

• Election: Electors supporting the nomination (failed) of Thomas Bennett for the 3rd General Assembly, 6 Oct 1842, St. John's, Newfoundland. As published in Star and Newfoundland Advocate, 6 Oct. 1842. Posted on Facebook by Blaine Dooley from DAI, 230224

Included amongst others:
Kenneth McLea
Nicholas Mudge
Walter Grieve
Monier W. Hutchings
William Grieve
Peter Rogerson
Thomas Duder
James McLarty
Henry Simms
C. T. Bowring
Nicholas Stabb
Samuel Prowse
Gilbert Clapp, Jr.
John M. Rendell
Andrew McCoubrey, Sr.
John W. McCoubrey
James Clift, Sr.
Thomas W. Gaden
.

• Residence: Oakleigh Cottage, 1851, West Derby, Lancashire, England.

Parents

         Father: Benjamin Bowring ¹¹⁵⁴
         Mother: Charlotte Price ²²⁸⁷

Spouses and Children

1. *Harriet Harvey ²²⁸⁷ 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Charlotte S. Bowring
                2. Mary Ann Bowring
                3. William Bowring
                4. Hon. Charles R. Bowring
                5. Harriet J. Bowring
                6. Henry Bowring
                7. Fanny H. Bowring
                8. Emma Bowring
                9. George E. Bowring

Charlotte R. Bowring

      Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1874 - Waterloo, Merseyside, Lancashire, England ²²⁸⁵ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Events

• Residence: Terra Nova, Croxteth Drive, 1881, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.

Parents

         Father: John Bowring ²²⁸⁶
         Mother: Mary Broom Rennie ⁴⁸¹^,511

Charlotte S. Bowring

      Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1834 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²²⁸⁷ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Events

• Residence: Oakleigh Cottage, 1851, West Derby, Lancashire, England.

Parents

         Father: Charles Tricks Bowring ²²⁸⁷
         Mother: Harriet Harvey ²²⁸⁷

Sir Edgar Rennie Marshall Bowring K.C.M.G. Kt.

      Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 17 Aug 1858 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁸⁷⁰ ^,2286 Christening: 19 Sep 1858 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²²⁸⁹ Death: 23 Jun 1943 - London, Greater London, England ( at age 84) ¹⁸⁷⁰ ^,2286 ^,2290 Burial: Cause of Death:

Events

• Occupation: Commercial Clerk, 1881, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.

• Residence: Terra Nova, Croxteth Drive, 1881, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.

• Occupation: Director, Bowring Bros. Shipping Ltd. St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, Between 1891 and 1918.

• Election: Legisltative Council of Newfoundland, Between 1897 and 1912, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Arrival: On board PORTIA from St. John's en route to England, 2 Feb 1899, New York, New York, New York, United States of America.

• Interesting: Sponsor of Bowring Park, 1911, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In 1911, on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of Bowring Brothers in Newfoundland, he donated $50,000 to create a memento for the event. This eventually became Bowring Park, one of the loveliest and largest of the public parks of St. John's.].

• Departure: On Board the SS VENTURA headed for London, 31 May 1913, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

• Honors: Made a Knight, 1915, London, Greater London, England.

• Arrival: On board the STEPHANO from St. John's en route to Montreal, 4 Sep 1916, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

• Occupation: High Commissioner of Newfoundland, Between 1918 and 1922, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Arrival: On board ROSALIND from St. John's en route to NYC, 22 Sep 1919, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

• Arrival: On the ROSALIND from St. John's en route to NYC, 4 Oct 1920, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

• Honors: KCMG Kt, 4 Jun 1934, London, Greater London, England.

• Honors: Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG), 1935, London, Greater London, England.

• Probate: Registered in Llandudno for some reason, 26 Oct 1943, London, Greater London, England.

Parents

         Father: John Bowring ²²⁸⁶
         Mother: Mary Broom Rennie ⁴⁸¹^,511

Spouses and Children

1. *Flora Le Messurier Clift ²¹³ ^,481 ^,1870 ^,2286 Marriage: 11 Jan 1888 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁸¹ ^,1870 ^,2286

Marriage Events

• Minister/Priest: Ambrose Heygate; Anglican Cathedral, 11 Jan 1888, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Witnesses: Eliza G. Cliff, Henry Dunfield, 11 Jan 1888, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

Gazette (Royal Newfoundland Gazette) 1807-; Evening Mercury (then Evening Herald) 1882-1920

Bride was eldest daughter of the late Hon. James Shannon Clift and widow of the late W.P. Munn, Harbour Grace. Groom was the son of the late John Bowring, Liverpool, England.

Notes

General:

11211 from Newfoundland Biographies by Claude Belanger on Marianoplis University website:

Bowring, Sir Edgar Rennie (1858-1943), industrialist, was born at St. John's, Newfoundland, on August 17, 1858, the son of John Bowring and Mary Rennie. He was educated at Bishop Feild College, St. John's, and Liverpool and Scarborough, England. In 1891 he became director of Bowring Brothers, Ltd., steamship owners and agents. He was appointed to the legislative council in 1897, was a member of the Dominion's Royal Commission in 1912, and was the first high commissioner for Newfoundland (1918-22). [In 1911, on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of Bowring Brothers in Newfoundland, he donated $50,000 to create a memento for the event. This eventually became Bowring Park, one of the loveliest and largest of the public parks of St. John's.] He was created a knight bachelor in 1915. He died on June 23, 1943. In 1888 he married Flora Munn, daughter of the Hon. James Clift.

280513 from Dictionary of Newfoundland and Labrador Biography:

BOWRING, EDGAR RENNIE (1858-1943). b. St John's 17 Aug; manager Bowring Brothers Ltd 1890-1918; KB 1915, KCMG 1935; Newfoundland High Commissioner to Great Britain 1918-22, 1933-34; d London, England 23 June. Bowring became manager of Bowring Brothers following the death of his cousin, Charles R. Bowring, in 1890. He expanded the firm's already substantial involvement in the island's fisheries, as well as its general trade, and in 1904 received a contract to provide a coastal steamship service from the Newfoundland government. To celebrate the anniversary of his family's business in Newfoundland in 1911, Bowring donated $50,000 for the creation of a park in the west end of St John's (Bowring Park) and provided $11,000 for the purchase of land on Water Street for the construction of a Seamen's Institute. In 1918 he provided a building in St. John's for use as a convalescent home for returning war veterans. MB

191213:
He died in London while staying at the Hyde Park Hotel according to the Probate record and his estate was valued at 418,695 pounds, 0 shillings and 4 pence, to be absolutely precise! That was an awesome amount of money in those days. The widow of his step son, Alice May Munn and Frederick Clive Bowring and Edgard Rennie Bowring, Ship Owners, were accorded probate in concert with Barclays Bank.

0113134:
His bios above fail to mention the important role he played as Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Patriotic Association of Newfoundland which financed the Newfoundland Regiment at the outset of WWI. He also personally contributed the funds to raise the monument to the "Fighting Newfoundlander" in Bowering park in honour of the fallen in WWI. (cf. G. W. R. Nicholson, The Fighting Newfoundlander)

Edward Bowring

      Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1862 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²²⁸⁵ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Events

• Occupation: Commercial Clerk and Cash Keeper, 1881, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.

• Residence: Terra Nova, Croxteth Drive, 1881, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.

Parents

         Father: John Bowring ²²⁸⁶
         Mother: Mary Broom Rennie ⁴⁸¹^,511

Edward Bowring

      Sex: M

Individual Information

     Birth Date: Cir 1819 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²²⁸⁸
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: Benjamin Bowring ¹¹⁵⁴
         Mother: Charlotte Price ²²⁸⁷

Emma Bowring

      Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1849 - West Derby, Lancashire, England ²²⁸⁷ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Events

• Residence: Oakleigh Cottage, 1851, West Derby, Lancashire, England.

Parents

         Father: Charles Tricks Bowring ²²⁸⁷
         Mother: Harriet Harvey ²²⁸⁷

Sir Eric Aubrey Bowring CBE

      Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 5 Jul 1884 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹¹⁵⁴ Christening: Death: 15 Apr 1959 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 74) ¹¹⁵⁴ Burial: Cause of Death:

Events

• Occupation: Director and Managing Partner of Bowring Bros., Between 1908 and 1959, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Military: Newfoundland's representative on British Ministry of Transport, Between 1914 and 1918, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

• Honors: Companion of the British Empire (CBE), 1946.

Parents

         Father: Hon. Charles R. Bowring ¹¹⁵⁴
         Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Notes

General:

280513 from Dictionary of Newfoundland and Labrador Biography:

BOWRING, ERIC AUBREY (1884-1959). b St. John's 5 July; son of Charles R. Bowring; member Patriotic Association WWI; managing partner Bowring Brothers Ltd 1918-59; CBE 1945; d St John's 15 Apr. Bowring joined the family business in 1908, becoming a director four years later and managing partner in 1918. He was noted for his public service during both World Wars and received a CBE for his role during WWII, when he was Newfoundland representative of the British Ministry of Transport, at a time when St. John's was an important assembly port for war material. MB

Fanny H. Bowring

      Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1846 - West Derby, Lancashire, England ²²⁸⁷ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Events

• Residence: Oakleigh Cottage, 1851, West Derby, Lancashire, England.

Parents

         Father: Charles Tricks Bowring ²²⁸⁷
         Mother: Harriet Harvey ²²⁸⁷

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