He was s of Leslie Bowring WIMBLE 1900-85 (gt gs of Charles Tricks BOWRING 1808-85 f of Sir William Benjamin BOWRING 1st & only Bt 1837-1916) by his 1926 m reg Q2 London to Katharine (Kay) Lois Gillespie 1904-90 d of Col Henry William Richard SENIOR CB CIE DSO 1866-1935 by his 5 Nov 1892 m (Bengal, India) to Elizabeth Gillespie HILSON 1870-1939. He m 1954 reg Q2 Sussex (Elizabeth) Geraldine FARMER b 18 Sep 1935, and had a son and a dau as above.