Gerald Bowden
Gerald Francis Bowden was a British Conservative MP, who represented Dulwich from 1983 until 1992. He was defeated by future Labour cabinet minister Tessa Jowell in the 1992 general election.
Career
He graduated in Jurisprudence from Magdalen College, Oxford. He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn and qualified as a chartered surveyor at the College of Estate Management, practising part-time in these professions. Commissioned during National Service, he continued to serve in the Territorial Army, retiring in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was also a principal lecturer in the law of property at London South Bank University from 1971 to 1984.Bowden represented Dulwich on the Greater London Council from 1977 to 1981.
He was MP for Dulwich from 1983 until 1992. On leaving Parliament he took up an academic appointment at Kingston University and resumed practice at the planning bar.
He was a trustee of the Royal Albert Hall, and was previously Chairman of the Dulwich Estate and the Walcot Foundation, a trustee of the Magdalen College Development Trust, and the Oxford and Cambridge Club.