James Henry Bowman, MBE, JP (died 6 November 1940) was a local politician from the English county of Lincolnshire who served as Vice-Chairman of Kesteven County Council.
James Henry Bowman, MBE, JP (died 6 November 1940) was a local politician from the English county of Lincolnshire who served as Vice-Chairman of Kesteven County Council.
James Henry Bowman was the third son of Edward Bowman. He was a member of the building and contractors company Messrs. Bowman and Sons. [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]
During the General Strike of 1926, Bowman was a food officer and in World War I, 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. 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]
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