Royal Naval Biography/Bowyer, William Bohun
WILLIAM BOHUN BOWYER, Esq.
[Captain of 1830.]
Was made a lieutenant in May 1810, commander in Jan. 3823, and captain, Feb. 17th, 1830; previous to which he had been employed as an inspecting officer in the coast guard service, at Southampton, Lymington, Fowey, and Exmouth. He married, in May, 1819, Frances, daughter of the late Captain Beck, an officer in the service of the Hon. East India Company.