George Bowen

Sir George Bowen
1st Governor of Queensland
In office
10 December 1859  4 January 1868
MonarchVictoria
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded bySamuel Blackall
5th Governor of New Zealand
In office
5 February 1868  19 March 1873
MonarchVictoria
PremierEdward Stafford
William Fox
George Waterhouse
Preceded bySir George Grey
Succeeded bySir James Fergusson
5th Governor of Victoria
In office
30 July 1873  22 February 1879
MonarchVictoria
Preceded bySir John Manners-Sutton
Succeeded byThe 2nd Marquess of Normanby
13th Governor of Mauritius
In office
4 April 1879  9 December 1880
MonarchVictoria
Preceded byArthur Purves Phayre
Succeeded byFrederick Broome
9th Governor of Hong Kong
In office
30 March 1883  6 October 1887
MonarchVictoria
Lieutenant GovernorLTG John Sargent
LTG Sir William Cameron
Colonial SecretaryWilliam Henry Marsh
Frederick Stewart
Preceded bySir John Pope Hennessy
Succeeded bySir George William Des Vœux
Personal details
Born
George Ferguson Bowen

(1821-11-02)2 November 1821
Taughboyne, County Donegal, Ireland
Died21 February 1899(1899-02-21) (aged 77)
Brighton, England
Resting placeKensal Green Cemetery
NationalityBritish
Spouses
(m. 1856; died 1893)
    Letitia Florence White
    (m. 1896)
    Alma materTrinity College, Oxford
    Professioncolonial administrator
    Chinese name
    Traditional Chinese寶雲
    Simplified Chinese宝云
    Transcriptions
    Yue: Cantonese
    Yale RomanizationBóu wàhn
    JyutpingBou2 wan4

    Sir George Ferguson Bowen GCMG PC (Chinese: 寶雲; 2 November 1821 – 21 February 1899), was an Anglo-Irish author and colonial administrator whose appointments included postings to the Ionian Islands, Queensland, New Zealand, Victoria, Mauritius and Hong Kong.