Overview
Thomas Bowles (died 1773) was a Church of England priest. He is notable for a controversy in which he was appointed to two parishes in Wales where hardly any parishioners spoke English, despite the fact that Bowles spoke no Welsh.
Early life
Bowles was born at Lower Donhead St. Andrews, Wiltshire on 23 December 1694, the son of Reverend Matthew and Elizabeth Bowles.
Ministry in England
Bowles was a graduate of Magdalen College, Oxford. He followed his father into the church, being ordained deacon on 16 June 1717 and priest on 24 May 1719. He was Vicar of St Mary de Haura, New Shoreham, Sussex, from 23 September 1727 until 3 October 1728.
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