Sir Edward, the tenth Baronet, attended Trinity College, becoming vicar of Camberwell, and Chaplain to King George IV. Having inherited his mother's Windham and Bowyer inheritances, in 1839 he adopted by Royal licence the surname of Bowyer-Smijth, dying 1850.
Sir Edward, a member of the tenth Baronet family, studied at Trinity College before becoming the vicar of Camberwell and Chaplain to King George IV. He received his mother's Windham and Bowyer titles through succession in 1839 and was granted permission by the Royal Family to adopt the surname Bowyer-Smijth, dying in 1850.