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John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (17 July 1737 – 7 March 1776), born John Lyon, was a Scottish nobleman and peer. He was the 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and one of the maternal ancestors of King Charles III .
- 7 March 1776 (aged 38), At sea
- 17 July 1737, Durham, County Durham, England
- Scottish
- 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1737–1776) John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1769–1820; created Baron Bowes in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1815) Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1773–1846) – brother of the 10th Earl.
- 1606 (Scottish title), 1937 (British title)
- Simon Bowes-Lyon, 19th and 6th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
- Patrick Lyon, 1st Earl of Kinghorne
- Family Background
- Subsequent Career
- Marriage
- Foundation of The Bowes Museum
- Second Marriage and Death
- Will, Bequests, and Legacy
- References
Born into the wealthy coal mining descendants of George Bowes, he was the child of John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1769–1820) and his mistress or common-law wife Mary Millner, later wife of Sir William Hutt. His paternal grandmother was Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Because his parents were unmarried at the ti...
Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, John Bowes pursued an interest in theatre, art, and horse racing. A member of the Jockey Club, he owned Streatlam Stud that bred and raised racehorses at Streatlam and Gibside. His stable won the 2,000 Guineas Stakes three times, The Derby four times, and, in capturing the English Triple Crown with W...
Bowes left England for France, allegedly because he was not fully welcome in Victorian society as a person of illegitimate birth. While in Paris, France, John Bowes met the actress Joséphine Benoîte Coffin-Chevallier (1825–1874), daughter of a clockmaker, a woman passionate about painting and collecting. She apparently became his mistress, and they...
Joséphine officially laid the foundation stone of the museum on 27 November 1869, but she was apparently too ill to do so physically, and merely touched it with a trowel. The story of John Bowes is told in the book John Bowes and the Bowes Museum by Charles E Hardy. The book itself has an interesting history. It was first published by the renowned ...
In 1877 (marriage settlement 24 July 1877), Bowes remarried one Alphonsine Maria St. Amand, divorced wife of the Comte de Courten. The second marriage did not turn out well, and it appears that John Bowes was attempting to obtain a divorce from his wife from March to May 1884. Indeed, it was subsequently reported to have been legally severed in May...
Bowes's will, proven on 28 November 1885, disclosed his immense personal estate to be worth £371,725 1s. 0d (equivalent to £42,716,751 in 2021). He left his wife Alphonsine an annuity of £3000 for life, as well as £20,000. Substantial sums were left to his curator Amelie Basset,and to his three named godchildren. The remainder of his estate, not en...
Charles E. Hardy – John Bowes and the Bowes Museum (1970, reprinted 1982) ISBN 0-9508165-0-7Sarah Kane. "Turning Bibelots into Museum Pieces: Josephine Coffin-Chevallier and the Creation of the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle" Journal of Design History 1996 9(1):1–21; doi:10.1093/jdh/9.1.1 (...Lindsay Macnaughton – Staging and Collecting French History: John and Joséphine Bowes, c.1845-1885 (2021) Durham University PhD ThesisJudith Phillips – National Identity, Gender, Social Status and Cultural Aspirations in Mid-Nineteenth Century England and France: Joséphine Bowes (1825-1874), Collector and Museum Creator(2020)26 de abr. de 2022 · John Bowes (17 July 1737 – 7 March 1776), born John Lyon, was the 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and one of the ancestors of Queen Elizabeth II. The Earl was famous for his appearance; he was known as "the beautiful Lord Strathmore".[1]
- Mary Eleanor Bowes
- July 17, 1737
- Rainton, Durham, England
- March 7, 1776
John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (17 July 1737 – 7 March 1776), born John Lyon, was a Scottish nobleman and peer. He was the 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and one of the maternal ancestors of King Charles III.
6 de jul. de 2018 · 1811 – 1885. Politician, Socialite and Art Connoisseur. Bowes Museum. John Bowes was an art collector and racehorse owner who founded the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle, Teesdale. He was the son of John Lyon-Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1769–1820). He was educated first at Eton and then at Trinity College, Cambridge.
In 1767 John Lyon, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, married Mary Eleanor, daughter and heir of George Bowes, of Streatlam and Gibside (Co. Durham) and Wemmergill (Yorkshire,...
