Bowdler, a prominent Shropshire family descended from Baldwin de Boulers. People with the given name Bowdler George Bowdler Buckton (1818–1905), English entomologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847–1909), English zoologist People with the surname Bowdler Writers Elizabeth Stuart Bowdler (? - 1797), English religious writer Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1750–1830), writer and expurgator of Shakespeare, sister of Jane, John and Thomas Bowdler Jane Bowdler (1743–1784), poet and essayist and sister of John, Thomas and Henrietta Bowdler John Bowdler (1746-1823), moral reformer and brother of Henrietta and Thomas Bowdler John Bowdler the Younger (1783-1815), essayist, poet and lawyer, son of John Bowdler Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825), English physician, publisher and editor of the Family Shakespeare (1818), inspiration of the term bowdlerisation Thomas Bowdler the Younger (1782-1856), Church of England priest and nephew and editor of Thomas Bowdler Sportsmen Cal Bowdler (born 1977), retired American basketball player Charles Bowdler (1785-1879), English cricketer Ernie Bowdler (1872–1921), Shrewsbury Town F.C. and Wales international footballer Jack Bowdler (1870–1927), Shrewsbury Town F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. and Wales international footballer Lonza Bowdler, Welsh international rugby player Politicians Audley Bowdler (1884-1969), English politician William G. Bowdler (1924-2016), American diplomat Other Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe (1868-1920), English entomologist Sandra Bowdler, Australian archaeologist Places Ashford Bowdler, a village in Shropshire, England Ashford Bowdler railway station, railway station in Ashford Bowdler Hope Bowdler, a village in Shropshire, England See also Hen Domen the Bowdler family seat External links Genealogy and History of the Bowdler Family Surnames