James Henry BOWKER^[1]

1822 - 1900  (78 years)

• Name	James Henry BOWKER
  Born	1822	Olive Burn, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Oct 1900	on his estate in Escombe, Durban, Natal
  Notes	James Henry Bowker, J.P., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.R.G.S., F.S.S. James never married. He was Commandant of the Frontier Armed and Mounted Police ( F.A.M.P) and later became the High Commissioner of Basutoland. Reached the rank of Colonel, during the Seventh and Eighth Kaffir Wars. For a period was also Chief Commissioner on the diamond fields of Griqualand West. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Bowker
  Person ID	I6453	My Family Tree | Ancestors and descendants of Nesta Marion HILL
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2008

  
  

  Father	Miles BOWKER,   b. 1765, Deckhams Hall, Gateshead, England ,   d. 25 Mar 1839, Tharfield, Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Anna Maria MITFORD,   b. 1782,   d. 8 Jul 1868, Tharfield, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Photos		Anna Maria MITFORD Painting by W. G. Bevington Albany Museum, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Family ID	F899	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Colonel James Henry BOWKER Found at Thorn Kloof 2008

  
  

  Histories

  Bowkers of Tharfield Extract of F. C. Metrowich's book "Assegai Over the Hills". The Story of the Eastern Cape. First published July 1953 by Howard B. Timmins, 58, Long Street, Capetown. Chapter XXV: Bowkers of Tharfield

  
  

• Sources

  [S7145] The Bowkers of Tharfield, Ivan and Raymond Mitford-Barberton, (Oxford 1952) (Reliability: 2). James Henry Bowker, J.P., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.R.G.S., F.S.S. James never married. He was Commandant of the Frontier Armed and Mounted Police ( F.A.M.P) and later became the High Commissioner of Basutoland. Reached the rank of Colonel, during the Seventh and Eighth Kaffir Wars. For a period was also Chief Commissioner on the diamond fields of Griqualand West. . Co-authored, with Roland Trimen, of 'South Africa Butterflies', which in 1966, was still one of the standard works on the subject. There is a Bowker Street in Escombe, Durban, named after James Henry Bowker.