Sir Henry Bowles, 1st Baronet

Colonel Sir Henry Ferryman Bowles, 1st Baronet (19 December 1858 – 14 October 1943[1][2]) was a British Army officer and Conservative politician.

[12] When the volunteers were reorganised as the Territorial Force in 1908, Bowles was appointed honorary colonel of the successor 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment.

[5][7][13] During the First World War he was appointed county commandant for volunteer units in Middlesex, and retired at the end of the conflict with rank of colonel.

[4] A Conservative in politics, Bowles was one of the original members of the Middlesex County Council, elected to represent Enfield West in 1889.

[15] In March 1889 the sitting Conservative MP for Enfield, Viscount Folkestone, was elevated to the peerage on the death of his father, the Earl of Radnor.

[16] The main issue in the by-election campaign was Irish Home Rule, and Bowles managed to defeat his Liberal Party opponent by a little over 1,500 votes.

[15] Bowles was an early motoring enthusiast, and was the first president of the Middlesex County Automobile Club retaining the position from 1905 until his death.