Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Bowles, KCB was a senior Royal Navy officer and Conservative Party politician. After serving as a junior officer in the French Revolutionary Wars, he became commanding officer of the sloop HMS Zebra and took part in the bombardment of Copenhagen in September 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars. As commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMS Medusa, he took part in operations off the north coast of Spain and led a naval brigade in a raid on Santoña.
- Occupation
- politician, naval officer
- Position held
- member of the 15th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 14th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Third Sea Lord, Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
