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Lieutenant-Colonel George Robert Harland Bowden -LRB- 1873 -- 10 October 1927 -RRB- was a British mechanical engineer and Conservative Party politician .. British. British people. mechanical engineer. mechanical engineer. Conservative Party. Conservative Party ( UK ). Conservative. Conservative Party ( UK ). Born in Durham , at the age of 15 he was apprenticed to Lambton Collieries whilst attending classes at Durham College of Science .. Durham. Durham, England. apprenticed. apprenticeship. Lambton Collieries. Lambton Collieries. Durham College of Science. Newcastle University. In 1890 he moved to South Wales as improver for the ironworks at Tondu .. South Wales. South Wales. Tondu. Tondu. In 1891 he became assistant engineer and chief draughtsman at Cyfarthfa Ironworks , Merthyr Tydfil .. Cyfarthfa Ironworks. Cyfarthfa Ironworks. Merthyr Tydfil. Merthyr Tydfil. He returned to North East England in 1896 as manager of D Selby Bigge and Company , an engineering company based in Newcastle .. In 1902 he founded his own company , G Harland Bowden and Company , consulting engineers of Victoria Street , London .. The firm specialised in the design and installation of colliery and factory plants .. In 1908 he became a Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers .. Institute of Mechanical Engineers. Institute of Mechanical Engineers. In 1907 Bowden was granted a Volunteer Force commission in the Royal Garrison Artillery .. Volunteer Force. Volunteer Force ( Great Britain ). Royal Garrison Artillery. Royal Garrison Artillery. Bowden was active in Conservative Party politics , and in April 1912 was adopted as the party 's prospective candidate for the parliamentary constituency of North East Derbyshire .. Conservative Party. Conservative Party ( UK ). North East Derbyshire. North East Derbyshire ( UK Parliament constituency ). Conservative. Conservative Party ( UK ). In April 1914 the sitting Labour Party member of parliament for North East Derbyshire died , causing a by-election .. North East Derbyshire. North East Derbyshire ( UK Parliament constituency ). Labour Party. Labour Party ( UK ). by-election. North East Derbyshire by-election, 1914. The by-election was held on 20 May , and Bowden was elected to the Commons , gaining the seat for the Conservatives with a majority of 314 votes .. by-election. North East Derbyshire by-election, 1914. Commons. United Kingdom House of Commons. During World War I Bowden became commanding officer of 17th -LRB- Empire -RRB- Battalion , the Royal Fusiliers , a war-formed unit .. World War I. World War I. Royal Fusiliers. Royal Fusiliers. He continued to hold his parliamentary seat during the war , but found himself estranged from the Conservative Party , going so far as to issue libel proceedings against a party official .. Conservative Party. Conservative Party ( UK ). libel. libel. Conservative. Conservative Party ( UK ). At the 1918 general election he defended his seat as an Independent Conservative , opposed by a Conservative candidate who had the support of the Coalition Government .. 1918 general election. United Kingdom general election, 1918. Conservative. Conservative Party ( UK ). He lost his seat to the Liberal candidate , finishing in third place .. In October 1919 he was awarded 125 pounds in damages for libel against the vice-chairman of the North East Derbyshire Unionist Association .. North East Derbyshire. North East Derbyshire ( UK Parliament constituency ). libel. libel. By the time of the 1924 general election Bowden had repaired his ties to the Conservatives , and stood as the party 's candidate in North East Derbyshire once more .. North East Derbyshire. North East Derbyshire ( UK Parliament constituency ). 1924 general election. United Kingdom general election, 1924. He was unsuccessful , with the Labour Party holding the seat .. Labour Party. Labour Party ( UK ). He died suddenly at his home , `` Rodney '' , Belmont Hill , St Albans in October 1927 , aged 64 .. St Albans. St Albans