BOWLBY

Thomas William ( eld. child of Thomas Bowlby, captain R.A. ) b. Gibraltar about 1817; articled to Ru ell Bowlby of Sunder land solicitor; member of firm of Lawrence, Crowdy and Bowlby solicitors 25 Old Fish st. Doctors Commons London 1846–54; arranged performances abroad for L. G. Jullien the musician; special correspondent of Times at Berlin 1848 and in China 1860 to death; shipwrecked in the Malabar at Point de Galle 22 May 1860; went with Admiral Hope to Tang-chow Aug. 1860; captured by Tartar general Sanko-lin-sin 18 Sep. 1860; died from effects of torture inflicted by Chinese, 22 Sep. 1860. bur. in Ru ian cemetery outside Antin gate of Pekin 17 Oct. Boulger’s History of China iii , 499–521 (1884); I.L.N. xxxvii , 615–6 (1860), portrait .