an English divine, was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge. In 1791 he was appointed prebendary of Durham, and in 1814 was made rector of Howick and vicar of North, Allerton, in connection with which he also held the chapelries of Brompton and Dighton. He died Jan. 30, 1826. Dr. Bowyer published A Sermon preached before the Delivery of the Colors to the Durham Volunteer Infantry (1803), and Comparative View of the Two New Systems of Education for the Infant Poor (1811, 8vo), in a charge delivered to the clergy of Durham. See (Lond.) Annual Register, 1826, p. 224.