George Bowen

The Right Honourable Sir George Bowen GCMG
1st Governor of Queensland
In office 10 December 1859 – 4 January 1868
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	Office Established
Succeeded by	Samuel Blackall
5th Governor-General of New Zealand
In office 5 February 1868 – 19 March 1873
Monarch	Victoria
Premier	Edward Stafford William Fox George Waterhouse
Preceded by	Sir George Grey
Succeeded by	Sir James Fergusson
5th Governor of Victoria
In office 30 July 1873 – 22 February 1879
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	Sir John Manners-Sutton
Succeeded by	The 2nd Marquess of Normanby
13th Governor of Mauritius
In office 1879–1883
Monarch	Victoria
9th Governor of Hong Kong
In office 30 March 1883 – 6 October 1887
Monarch	Victoria
Lieutenant Governor	LTG John Sargent LTG Sir William Cameron
Colonial Secretary	William Henry Marsh Frederick Stewart
Preceded by	Sir John Pope Hennessy
Succeeded by	Sir George William Des Vœux
Personal details
Born	George Ferguson Bowen (1821-11-02)2 November 1821 Parish of Taughboyne, County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
Died	21 February 1899(1899-02-21) (aged 77) Brighton, England
Resting place	Kensal Green Cemetery
Nationality	British
Spouses	Diamantina di Roma ​ ​ (m. 1856; died 1893)​ Letitia Florence White ​ ​ (m. 1896)​
Alma mater	Trinity College, Oxford
Profession	colonial administrator
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	寶雲
Simplified Chinese	宝云
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Bóu wàhn Jyutping Bou2 wan4

Sir George Ferguson Bowen GCMG PC (Chinese: 寶雲; 2 November 1821 – 21 February 1899), was an Irish author and colonial administrator whose appointments included postings to the Ionian Islands, Queensland, New Zealand, Victoria, Mauritius and Hong Kong.^[1]