Seymour Bowman was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  in 1660.

Bowman was the son of Stephen Bowman of Harnham, Wiltshire. He matriculated at St Mary Hall, Oxford

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 on 19 May 1637 aged 16. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn

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 in 1647.

In 1660, Bowman was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Old Sarum

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 in the Convention Parliament when he was seated after a double return.