For other people named Thomas Bowles, see Thomas Bowles (disambiguation).
Thomas Gibson Bowles
Portrait of Bowles by George Spencer Watson, 1901
Member of Parliament for King's Lynn
In office 1910–1910
Preceded by
Carlyon Bellairs
Succeeded by
Holcombe Ingleby
In office 1892–1906
Preceded by
Weston Jarvis
Succeeded by
Carlyon Bellairs
Personal details
Born
(1841-01-15)15 January 1841 London, England
Died
12 January 1922(1922-01-12) (aged 79) Algeciras, Spain
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
Jessica Gordon
(m. 1875; died 1887)
Children
4, including George
Parent(s)
Thomas Milner Gibson Susannah Bowles
Education
King's College London
"Tommy". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1889.
Thomas Gibson Bowles (15 January 1841 – 12 January 1922) was a British politician and publisher. He founded the magazines The Lady and Vanity Fair, and became a Member of Parliament in 1892. He was also the maternal grandfather of the Mitford sisters.[1][2]
^Bowles, Thomas Gibson (1871). The Defence of Paris: Narrated as it was Seen. S. Low, son, and Marston.
^Naylor, Lonard Edwin (1965). The Irrepressible Victorian: The Story of Thomas Gibson Bowles, Journalist, Parliamentarian and Founder Editor of the Original Vanity Fair. Macdonald.
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