Sub-fonds 1509-1588. - John Raphael Bowring,

John Raphael Bowring (1789-1869) was born in London, 8 July 1789. He was the son of Josiah L. Bowring, a painter of miniatures, who died in 1832. John was living in Kempsey, co Worcs, in 1816-7 when he met his future wife, Emma Bowring, at a music party. Emma was the daughter of Evan Probert of Kempsey and they had at least two children. John worked in America from 1818 to 1824, he then moved back to Britain to become an accountant in Liverpool, with the firm of Sealy & Walker. He died on 5 April 1869 and was buried with his wife in Anfield cemetery. The papers include theatricals and verse connected to the Bowring family, 1799-1860 (1566-1588).