BOWES 259 BOWES OF CLONLYON BARONY [I.] I. John Bowes, s. of Thomas B., of Bishopsgate J „ Str., London, a member of the Turners' Company, by '^ ( — ), da. of ( — ) North, was b. about 1690, being . sometimes said to have been a native of Surrey, and some- ' times of Ware, Herts. Adm. to the Inner Temple 6 Dec. 1 712, called to the Bar 29 June 17 18, and in Dublin 29 Sep. 1725; Third Sergeant [I.], 1727-28; Second Sergeant [I.], 1728-30; M.P. for Taghmon 1731-41; Solicitor Gen. [I.], 1730-39; Attorney Gen. [I.], 1739-41; Chief Baron of the Exchequer [I.], 1741-57, distinguishing himself as such in the celebrated trial of "Annesley v. Earl of Anglesey," Michaelmas I743.() P.C. [I.], 23 Jan. 174 1/2; Clerk of the Paper Office [I.] 1748-67. Lord Chancellor [I.], 22 Mar. 1757 till his death. After 16 months' tenure of that office, he was cr., 15 Aug. 1758, BARON BOWES OF CLONLYON, co. Meath [I.]. He was subsequently one of the Lords Justices [I.] 1765 and 1766. He d. unm., 22 July 1767, when his Peerage became extinct.(^) He was bur. in Ch. Ch. Cathedral, Dublin. M.L Will dat. 3 Oct. 1766 and 15 July 1767, pr. 25 Nov. 1768, by his br., Rumsey Bowes, of Binfield, Berks. BOWES OF STREATLAM CASTLE AND OF LUNEDALE i.e. "Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Durham, and of Lunedale, co. York," Bzrony (Bowes), cr. iSi ^ extinct i%zo see"STRATHMORE and King- horne," Earldom [S.]. i.e. "Bowes of Streatlam Castle, Durham, and of Lunedale, co. York," Barony {Bowes-Lyon), cr. 1887; see "Strathmore and King- horne," Earldom [S.]. See "Truro of Bowes, co. Midx.," Barony, cr. 1850. BOWMONT i.e. "Marquess of Bowmont and Cessford" [S.]; see " Roxburghe," Dukedom of [S.], cr. 1707. (^) See vol. i, p. 115, note " b," sub "Altham." C') He distinctly laid down from the Bench " that the law does not suppose any such person to exist as an Irish Roman Catholic," such being only recognized " for repression and punishment." {Lecky). V.G.
