Er ist verheiratet mit Mary Eleanor Bowes.
Sie haben geheiratet am 24. Februar 1767, er war 29 Jahre alt.Quelle 4
In 1767, John Lyon, 9th Earl of Strathmore, married the richest
heiress in Europe, Mary Eleanor Bowes from County Durham. She was the last surviving member of this ancient family and her father insisted that John Lyon change his surname to preserve the Bowes family name
Kind(er):
Ereignis (Alt. Marriage) am 24. Februar 1767: London, England.
The 9th Earl was a Representative Peer for Scotland. Scottish peers
did not then have an automatic right to sit in the House of Lords, but had to be elected by their fellow peers to do so. Lord Stradlmore married a great Durham heiress, Miss Mary Eleanor Bowes, the daughter of Sir George Bowes of Streadam Castle and Gibside. The Bowes were a family of ancient and honourable descent, Sir Robert Bowes being Elizabeth I's ambassador to Scotland from 1577 to 1583. The 9th Earl added new kitchens and the Billiard Room in 1773 and new service courts beyond the east wing. He began remodelling the policies pulling down the garden walls in front of the Castle and moving, in 1775, the gates to the periphery of the Estate. The 10th Earl was also a Representative Peer, but was given the U.K. tide of Lord Bowes which entitled him to a seat in the Lords without election. He took the name of Bowes and later the surname Lyon was reincorporated to form the present name of Bowes-Lyon. He also quartered the arms of Bowes with his own. The former were also punning arms - three bows 'proper' on an ermine background, and so the family are a great rarity in having punning arms for both their surnames on the same shield. Although he lived largely on his estates in County Durham he completed much of the work at Glamis begun by his father. He re-roofed the east wing in 1797, rebuilt the west wing 1798-1801 and re-planted the main avenue c.1820. The 10th Earl died in 1820 the day after his marriage and he was succeeded by his brother, the 11th Earl, when the barony of Bowes became extinct. The 10th Earl had a natural son by Mary Milner. He was John Bowes who founded the Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle. The Earl married Mary Milner in an unsuccessful attempt to legitimise John Bowes.
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Date of Import: 15 Aug 2002/ Not Given