Major General James Maurice Hannan Bowder, OBE is a senior British Army officer.

Following training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Bowder was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards on 13 April 1996.

[1] He became commanding officer of 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards in 2011, in which role he was deployed to Afghanistan.

[4] Force Troops Command was renamed as 6th (United Kingdom) Division on 1 August 2019.

[6] He has been the Regimental Lieutenant Colonel of the Grenadier Guards since 18 June 2022, a ceremonial appointment.