Her father was Charles Bowles
, a captain in the East India Company
. He retired from his post shortly after Caroline's birth and later served three terms as Lymington's Mayor. He suffered from frequent...
Family and Intimate relationships
Caroline Bowles
Her father
had an adopted son, Colonel Bruce
, who lived in India. Scholar Virginia Blain
speculates that the colonel may have been the illegitimate son of Charles Bowles.
