Hubert Bowles is a spymaster whom Lord John Grey meets in the course of his investigation into the death of Sergeant Timothy O'Connell. Lord John eventually learns that Bowles heads England's Black Chamber.
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- Hubert means "bright heart", derived from the Germanic elements hug "heart, mind" and beraht "bright".[1]
- Bowles is a variant of Bowell or Bowler.[2]
- Bowell is a habitational name from Bouelles in Seine Maritime, France, so named with Old Norman French boelle "enclosure", "dwelling". [3]
- Bowler is from the Middle English boller, from Old English bolla "bowl", "drinking vessel" + the agent suffix -er, an occupational name for a maker or seller of bowls. [4]
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- ↑ Behind the Name: Hubert - accessed 25 June 2016
- ↑ Ancestry: Bowles - accessed 25 June 2016
- ↑ Ancestry: Bowell - accessed 25 June 2016
- ↑ Ancestry: Bowler - accessed 25 June 2016