| Biography | Sir Eric Vansittart Bowater 16 January 1895 - 30 August 1962) was a British industrialist.
Educated at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, England, Bowater fought in the First World War, in the Royal Artillery. He was decorated with the award of the Officer, Legion of Honour. Bowater was chairman of the Bowater Group from 1927, Director-General of the Ministry of Aircraft Production between 1940 and 1943 and was Deputy-Controller between 1943 and 1945. Bowater was invested as a Knight in 1944, was Controller in 1945 and invested as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.. |