[4] He was the son of Buckley Bower, an attorney in Stockport.
He was born there, baptised there on 30 June 1848, and was educated at Manchester Grammar School.
[7] From 1787 Bower was the incumbent at Great Billing, becoming also Archdeacon of Richmond in 1797.
[9] He was the nephew of Edward Penny, who left him notes of his lectures as first professor of painting at the Royal Academy.
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