Peerage Record – 17586

     Joseph Sharp lived at Bognor Regis, Sussex, England^G.¹

     Sir Eric Vansittart Bowater was born on 16 January 1895.¹ He was the son of Sir Frederick William Bowater and Alice Emily Sharp.¹ He married, firstly, Blanche Murre de Ville, daughter of Charles de Ville.¹ He married, secondly, Margaret Vivian Perkins, daughter of Charles Perkins, on 23 June 1937.¹ He died on 30 August 1962 at age 67.¹
     He was educated at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, England^G.¹ He fought in the First World War, in the Royal Artillery.¹ He was awarded the Officier, Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur.¹ He was chairman of the Bowater Group in 1927.¹ He was Director-General of the Ministry of Aircraft Production between 1940 and 1943.¹ He was Deputy-Controller between 1943 and 1945.¹ He was appointed Knight in 1944.¹ He was Controller in 1945.¹ He was appointed Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (F.R.S.A.)¹

     Blanche Murre de Ville is the daughter of Charles de Ville.¹ She married Sir Eric Vansittart Bowater, son of Sir Frederick William Bowater and Alice Emily Sharp.¹
     Her married name became Bowater.¹

     Charles de Ville lived at Cheshire, England^G.¹

     Elizabeth Murre Vansittart Bowater is the daughter of Sir Eric Vansittart Bowater and Blanche Murre de Ville.¹ She married Desmond Yorath in 1939.¹
     From 1939, her married name became Yorath.¹

     Desmond Yorath married Elizabeth Murre Vansittart Bowater, daughter of Sir Eric Vansittart Bowater and Blanche Murre de Ville, in 1939.¹

     Margaret Vivian Perkins was the daughter of Charles Perkins.¹ She married Sir Eric Vansittart Bowater, son of Sir Frederick William Bowater and Alice Emily Sharp, on 23 June 1937.¹ She died on 4 March 1995.¹
     From 23 June 1937, her married name became Bowater.¹

     Charles Perkins lived at Toronto, Ontario, Canada^G.¹

     Nicolas Charles Vansittart Bowater was born on 6 April 1943.¹ He is the son of Sir Eric Vansittart Bowater and Margaret Vivian Perkins.¹ He married Jacqueline Mina Hartley Marriott, daughter of Peter Armstrong Hartley Marriott, on 6 October 1964.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He lived in 2003 at Dundle Farm, Bells Yew Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England^G.¹

     Jacqueline Mina Hartley Marriott is the daughter of Peter Armstrong Hartley Marriott.¹ She married Nicolas Charles Vansittart Bowater, son of Sir Eric Vansittart Bowater and Margaret Vivian Perkins, on 6 October 1964.¹
     From 6 October 1964, her married name became Bowater.¹