A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bowden, Philip
BOWDEN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 31.)
Philip Bowden entered the Navy, 12 June, 1805, as A.B., on board the Fisgard 38, Capts. Lord Mark Robt. Kerr and Sir Wm. Bolton, under the latter of whom he was present, as Midshipman, at the taking of Curaçoa, 1 Jan. 1807. He afterwards served, in 1808-9, in the Inconstant 36, Capt. E. Dickson, and Barfleur 98, Capt. D. M‘Leod; from 1809 to 1812, as Second Master and Master’s Mate, in the Triumph 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, employed at the defence of Cadiz; in 1813-14, part of the time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the San Juan 74, bearing the flag of the latter officer at Gibraltar; and in 1814-15, as Master’s Mate, in the Salvador, Capt. Hall, and Impregnable 104, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Rear-Admiral Josias Rowley. He was placed on half-pay in Aug. 1815, having been advanced to the rank of Lieutenant on 22 of the previous February, and has not since been afloat.