Governor of Hong Kong
On 30 March 1883, Bowen was made Governor of Hong Kong. During his tenure, he established the Royal Observatory, which also served as the meteorological institute of the territory. He founded the first college in Hong Kong, and ordered the construction of the Typhoon Shelter in Causeway Bay, and a government hospital. He retired in 1887, due to ill health.
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