Frank Bowater


Sir Frank Henry Bowater, 1st Baronet, TD, CStJ was Lord Mayor of London from 1938 to 1939, son of William Vansittart Bowater and his wife Eliza Jane née Davey.

Career

In 1905, Bowater was commissioned in the service of the 4th London Howitzer Brigade Royal Field Artillery, rose to the rank of Major in 1908, rank gained at its service, and fought in World War I. He also held the office of Lord Lieutenant of the City of London in 1914 and was awarded the Territorial Decoration. From 1929 to 1930 he held the office of Sheriff of London and was decorated with the awards of the Order of the Crown, Grand Officier of the Legion of Honour and Companion of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem and was invested as a Knight Bachelor. He then held the office of Lord Mayor of London from 1938 to 1939 and was created 1st Baronet Bowater, of Friston, Suffolk upon his retirement on 11 October 1939.

Marriage and issue

On 8 October 1891, he married Ethel Anita Fryar, who died on 19 December 1945, following an accident, who was invested as a Companion of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, daughter of Mark Lindsay Fryar, of Rangoon, Burma, who was in the Indian Civil Service, and they had four children: