J. H. Bowman

Alderman J. H. Bowman MBE JP
Vice-chairman of Kesteven County Council
In office 1937 – 6 November 1940
Personal details
Born	James Henry Bowman
Died	6 November 1940 (aged 66)

James Henry Bowman (died 6 November 1940) was a local politician from the English county of Lincolnshire who served as vice-chairman of Kesteven County Council.

Life

James Henry Bowman was the third son of Edward Bowman. He was a member of the building and contractors company Messrs Bowman and Sons in Stamford.[1] Bowman was elected to Stamford Town Council in 1911 and elevated to alderman in 1926. He was a long-serving chairman of the Town Council's Finance Committee and was mayor of Stamford in 1926, 1927 and 1928.[2]

Bowman was also elected to Kesteven County Council in 1917 and was made an alderman in 1931. In 1937, he was appointed its vice-chairman and served until his death. He was also chairman of its Education Committee and in 1938 was president of the East Midlands Educational Union.[2][3]

In the First World War, he was a distribution officer for the Ministry of Food and a director of transport for the North Midland Division; he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of this service.[4] During the General Strike of 1926, Bowman was a food officer. In 1926 he was also appointed a justice of the peace for Kesteven and three years later was made a magistrate for Stamford. He was a Liberal and chaired the Rutland and Stamford Divisional Liberal Association. Bowman died on 6 November 1940, aged 66.[1]

References

1. "Stamford's loss: death of Alderman J. H. Bowman", Nottingham Evening Post, 7 November 1940, p. 5
2. "Loss of Public Life in Kesteven: Death of Ald. J. H. Bowman", Lincolnshire Echo, 8 November 1940, p. 3
3. "Election of new vice-chairman", Lincolnshire Echo, 5 May 1937, p. 1; he succeeded W. V. R. King-Fane as vice-chairman, who resigned; Alderman F. J. Jenkinson was also proposed as vice-chair, but Bowman was elected by 36 to 23.
4. "No. 31840". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 March 1920. p. 3817.

Preceded by William Vere Reeve King-Fane

Vice-Chairman of Kesteven County Council 1937 – 1940

Succeeded by Frank Jenkinson