Sir George Bowyer, 6th Baronet

Sir George Bowyer, 6th and 2nd Baronet (3 March 1783 – 1 July 1860 ), was a British politician. He sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1807 and 1818, first as a Tory and was born at Radley Hall in Berkshire.

In 1800, he succeeded his father as baronet.

Career He was commissioned as a captain in the Berkshire Militia on 16 May 1803, but resigned on 13 March 1804.

At the 1807 general election, Bowyer was elected in the Tory interest as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Malmesbury, a seat which he held until his resignation in 1810 by appointment as Steward of the Manor of East Hendred.

He returned to Parliament the following year as a Whig, when he was elected at an unopposed by-election in June 1811 as the MP for Abingdon, following the resignation of Henry Bowyer. He was re-elected in 1812, defeating his Tory opponent by a margin of 112 votes to 11, In 1815, financial difficulties forced him to sell the contents of Radley Hall. As a consequence, he moved with his family to Italy, converting to Roman Catholicism in 1850. They had three sons and a daughter.

Bowyer died at Dresden in Germany, but was buried at Radley. He was succeeded in both baronetcies successively by his sons George and William.