Christopher Bowerbank, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Christopher Bowerbank

English architect and raconteur.

Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1940

Place of Birth: Biddestone, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 25-Apr-2002

Profession: architect

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Christopher William Bowerbank (17 November 1940 – 25 April 2002) was an English architect and raconteur.
Bowerbank’s obituary in The Daily Telegraph described him as a ‘celebrated member of West London society and one of the best conversationalists of his generation’.
Will Self recalled that Bowerbank had the ability to transition between the “haut, beau and demi-mondes”.
In his later years Bowerbank, ‘with his shock of grey hair and a look of glittering purpose’, was said to resemble Beethoven.In his early years as an architect, Bowerbank lived in Camden in the same house as Bruce Robinson, the film producer.
Bowerbank’s Jaguar was said to be the inspiration behind the mode of transport to Penrith in Robinson’s cult classic film Withnail and I.At the time of Bowerbank’s death he was engaged to Emma Soames, the editor of The Daily Telegraph magazine and granddaughter of Winston Churchill.
According to his obituary in The Daily Telegraph, Bowerbank 'talked to everyone with the same charm and vigorous attack - whether it was Princess Margaret or the locals on his beloved Orkney island of Rousay, where he had a home for more than 25 years’.