John Bowes, 1st Baron Bowes

John Bowes, 1st Baron Bowes

John Bowes, 1st Baron Bowes was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland by King George II. John Bowes epitomized the severe 18th century Penal Laws against Irish Catholics when he ruled that: “The law does not suppose any such person to exist as an Irish Roman Catholic.”


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