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Charles Bowen, Baron Bowen

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Lord Bowen was regarded with great affection by all who knew him professionally or privately. He had a polished and graceful wit, of which many instances might be given, although such anecdotes lose force in print. For example, when it was suggested on the occasion of an address to
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For a time he had little success at the bar, and came near to exchanging it for the career of a college tutor, but he was persuaded by his friends to persevere. Soon after he had begun to make his mark he was briefed against the claimant in the famous
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The strain, however, of the Tichborne trials was great, and his physical health became unequal to the tasks which his zeal for work imposed upon it. In 1879 his acceptance of a position as a
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case, also concerning English contract law, and setting out some fundamental principles of construction of obligations, as viewed to exist by the late 19th-century English judiciary.
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to paint the upper walls of the new debating chamber with scenes from the legends of King Arthur. Bowen's support was crucial to ensuring the scheme happened. 'Bowen,' said
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When I hear of an 'equity' in a case like this, I am reminded of a blind man in a dark room - looking for a black hat - which isn't there.
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and holding that a statement of opinion can represent that one knows certain facts, and can amount to misrepresentation.
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Of Lord Bowen's literary works besides those already indicated may be mentioned his translation of
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The character of Charles Bowen's intellect hardly qualified him for some of the duties of a
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of the parish and his mother, Catherine Steele (1807/8–1902); his younger brother was
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when Sir John had died, as he did while the trial proceeded, from the office of
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In the Arbitration between Secretary of State for Home Department and Fletcher
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during the summer vacation of 1857, responded with enthusiasm to the plan of
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A catalogue of notable Middle Templars, with brief biographical notices
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John Alderson Foote, Pie-Powder": being dust from the law courts (1911)
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Barnhart, Clarence L., ed. (1954). "Bowen, Charles Synge Christopher".
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The Alabama Claim and Arbitration considered from a Legal Point of View
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discretion to spend company funds for the benefit of non-shareholders.
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In 1862, he married Emily Frances, eldest daughter of the engineer
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Lord Bowen: A Biographical Sketch with a Selection from His Verses
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schools, leaving the latter in 1853 having won a scholarship to
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Quoted in at least four US Federal Court securities judgments,
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concerning the extent of the duty of care owed by a fiduciary.
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New Century Cyclopedia of Names, Volume One, A – Emin Pasha
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in 1861, and while studying law he wrote regularly for the
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by Caleb Robinson and in their second innings he scored 30
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United States Postal Service Bd. of Governors v. Aikens
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Members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
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Oxford University Press. 372:It was Bowen who, as President-Elect of the 290:Charles Synge Christopher Bowen, Baron Bowen 1289:: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( 763:- English contract law giving rise to the " 639:many years after his death in the case of 487:division, on the retirement of Mr Justice 77:23 September 1893 – 10 April 1894 48: 18: 1386:"Bowen, Charles Synge Christopher"  1311:Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy 1045:Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations 974: 934:. London: Cassell and Sons. p. 173. 645:( 2 KB 100). Amongst his judgments are: 628:He is credited with coining the phrase " 119:2 June 1882 – 23 September 1893 1178:, 337 U.S. 733, 743 n.12 (1949) (same). 872:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 839: 828:The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn 736:Falcke v Scottish Imperial Insurance Co 651:Imperial Hydropathic Hotel Co v Hampson 1282: 1199:The Law Reports, Queens Bench Division 662:in the matter of removal of directors. 456:. Bowen's services to his leader, Sir 1266:"GDL Scholarships from Lincoln's Inn" 1171:Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores 779:Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company 590:The unjust hath the just’s umbrella. 7: 1508:Life peers created by Queen Victoria 1042:Brandreth, Gyles (17 October 2013). 712:Smith v Land and House Property Corp 444:also played first-class cricket for 326: 1448:People from Forest of Dean District 826:The top GDL Scholarship offered by 420:. In 1861, he also played a single 161:16 June 1879 – 2 June 1882 1443:Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford 1363:Columbia World of Quotations, 1996 1359:, by Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham. 1016:. 26 September 1893. p. 5431. 285:Arms as displayed at Lincoln's Inn 14: 1438:Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford 572:, books i.-vi. and his pamphlet, 349:schoolmaster. He was educated at 329:Christopher Bowen, originally of 1337:Bowen, Charles Synge Christopher 1319: 1308:Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. 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Index

The Right Honourable
PC
FRS

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
The Lord Hannen
The Lord Russell of Killowen
Lord Justice of Appeal
Sir John Holker
Sir Horace Davey
Justice of the High Court
Sir John Mellor
Sir John Day
Woolaston
Gloucestershire
England
Knightsbridge
London
Alma mater
Balliol College, Oxford

Lincoln's Inn

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Woolaston
Gloucestershire
Hollymount
County Mayo

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