Admiral Humphrey Wykeham Bowring CB DSO (18 April 1874 – 21 February 1952) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.
Naval career Born the son of the industrialist John Charles Bowring,Heraldry online Bowring joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1887,Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945 took part in the Witu expedition in 1890Dix Noonan Webb Medals and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1895. He served in World War I as Captain of the cruiser HMS Arrogant and then of the cruiser HMS AuroraCaptains commanding Royal Navy Warships and acted as Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Dover Patrol.The Great War Magazine – Part 105: The Standard History of the All-Europe Conflict (World War 1/One) 19 August 1916 After the War he commanded the battleship HMS Bellerophon and then the battleship HMS Centurion. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland in 1926 and retired in 1929. He was promoted to full admiral on the Retired list on 30 September 1933.
He lived at Plympton in Devon.Armorial families : a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
Family In 1924 he married Rose Dalby.
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