[5] He entered the British House of Commons in 1852, sitting as a member of parliament (MP) for until 1857.
[9] Under the impression of a feigned ceremony, she considered herself to be lawful married and borne him twelve children, six sons and seven daughters until 1873, when she learned that his wife was still alive.
[9] Bowyer-Smijth's first wife died on 19 March 1875 and he remarried Eliza in Cheltenham in London only a week later.
[10] Although legitimised under Scottish law by petition in 1918, the English baronetcy and estates could not pass to these children.
[9] Bowyer-Smijth died, aged 69 in Twineham Court in Sussex and was succeeded as baronet by his oldest son William of his first marriage, after whose death the title went to his nephew Alfred Bowyer-Smyth.