Edmund Bowyer (died 1681), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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English politician (died 1681)
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About Edmund Bowyer (died 1681)
- Sir Edmund Bowyer (28 October 1613 – 27 January 1681) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679. Bowyer was the son of Benjamin Bowyer of Surrey.
- He succeeded to the estates of his uncle Sir Edmund Bowyer of Camberwell in 1627.
- He was admitted at Peterhouse, Cambridge on 5 March 1630.
- He was knighted by Charles I at Dunfermline on 4 July 1633, being then "of Camberwell".In 1660, Bowyer was elected Member of Parliament for Gatton in the Convention Parliament.
- He was elected MP for Surrey in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament.Bowyer married twice: firstly to Hester Aucher (d.
- 1665) then secondly to Martha Wilson, widow of Sir Edward Cropley and mother of Sir John Cropley.
- With Martha, he had two daughters: Frances Bowyer (who died unmarried) and Catharine, who married her maternal cousin, Sir James Ashe.
- Bowyer died at the age of 67 and was commemorated on a monument at Camberwell Church.
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