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British lawyer

For the British fighter pilot, see Geoffrey Hilton Bowman.

Sir Edwin Geoffrey Bowman, KCB, KC (Hon) (born 27 January ), commonly known as Sir Geoffrey Bowman, is a British lawyer and retired parliamentary draftsman.

Early life and education

Born in , Bowman attended Roundhay School before he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge,^[1] graduating in with a BA in law, and then completing a postgraduateLLB the following year.^[2]

Career and honours

Called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn in ,^[3] he practised privately for three years before joining the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel in He was promoted to be a Parliamentary Counsel in ,^[1] and between and he served as First Parliamentary Counsel, the head of the OPC (permanent secretary grade). He had previously been seconded to the Law Commission for England and Wales and drafted the Sale of Goods Act and the Magistrates' Courts Act ^[3] On retiring, it emerged that Bowman's pension was worth £m, among four public-sector "pension pots" worth over £2m in ^[4]

Bowman was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the New Years Honours ,^[5] and was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order in ^[1] He was made an honorary Queen's Counsel on retirement in ^[6] He became a bencher at Lincoln's Inn in ,^[1] and received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the School of Advanced Study at the University of London in ^[3]

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