Frances Dora Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (''née'' Smith; 29 July 18325 February 1922) was a British noblewoman. She was the paternal grandmother of

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, and thus a great-grandmother of Queen

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Early life

Frances Smith was born to Oswald Smith (1794–1863), of Blendon Hall,

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, Kent, banker with Smith, Payne, and Smith, and

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(1805–1891).

Marriage

On 28 September 1853, Frances married Claude Bowes-Lyon (21 July 182416 February 1904). He became the 13th holder of the Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne following the death of his brother

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in 1865. Frances then assumed the title and style of Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Together the couple had 11 children:Vickers, page 4 *

Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th and 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, (14 March 1855 – 7 November 1944), styled as Lord Glamis from 1865 to 1904, was a British peer and landowner who was the father of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and ...

(14 March 18557 November 1944), the father of

and grandfather of Queen

. He married

Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (''née'' Cavendish-Bentinck; 11 September 1862 – 23 June 1938) was the mother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and maternal grandmother and godmother of Queen Elizabeth ...

(11 September 186223 June 1938) on 16 July 1881. They had 10 children. * Francis Bowes-Lyon (23 February 185618 February 1948), married

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(24 December 185815 December 1936) on 23 November 1883. They had 7 children, including

Lilian Bowes Lyon Lilian Helen Bowes Lyon (23 December 1895 – 25 July 1949) was a British novelist and poet. Biography Born 23 December 1895 at Ridley Hall, Northumberland. She was the youngest daughter of the Honourable Francis Bowes-Lyon, son of the 13t ...

. * Ernest Bowes-Lyon (4 August 185827 December 1891), married Isobel Hester Drummond (21 May 186015 July 1945) on 23 August 1882. They had 6 children, including

Ernestine Bowes-Lyon Ernestine Hester Maude Bowes-Lyon, Baroness de Longueuil (19 December 1891 – 6 January 1981) was born at Glamis Castle in Scotland, one of five children; her father Ernest Bowes-Lyon (son of the 13th Earl of Strathmore) died eight days after ...

. *

Herbert Bowes-Lyon Herbert Bowes-Lyon (15 August 1860 – 14 April 1897) was a Scottish tennis player and barrister, and uncle of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, mother of Queen Elizabeth II. He was a quarter finalist in the men's singles at the 1887 Wimbledon Championships, ...

(15 August 186014 April 1897), never married. *

Patrick Bowes-Lyon Patrick Bowes-Lyon (5 March 1863 – 5 October 1946) was a British tennis player, barrister and uncle of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, mother of Queen Elizabeth II. Career He won the Scottish Championships in 1885, 1886 and 1888, he won the doubles ...

(5 March 18635 October 1946), a major of the

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and a tennis player. He married Alice Wiltshire (18671 March 1953) on 9 August 1893. They had 4 children. * Lady Constance Frances Bowes-Lyon (8 October 186519 November 1951), married Robert Blackburn (27 April 186421 March 1944) on 21 December 1893. They had 4 children. * Kenneth Bowes-Lyon (26 April 18679 January 1911), never married. * Lady

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(18689 June 1897), a music composer, famous for ''Etelinda'' (an opera premiered in

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in 1894). She married

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(20 June 186116 October 1925) on 1 July 1890. They had 2 children. * Lady Maud Agnes Bowes-Lyon (12 June 187028 February 1941), never married. * Lady Evelyn Mary Bowes-Lyon (16 July 187215 March 1876), died in infancy. * Maj. Malcolm Bowes-Lyon (23 April 187423 August 1957), a lieutenant colonel of the British Army. He married Winifred Gurdon-Rebow (10 October 187630 May 1957) on 28 September 1907. They had a daughter.

Death

The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne died on 16 February 1904, in the

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region of Italy. The Countess survived him by almost eighteen years. She died at 19 Hans Place, Chelsea, London on 5 February 1922, aged 89. She was buried at

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, Angus, the family seat of the

earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne is a title in the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The earl is also Chief of Clan Lyon. History The established history of Clan Lyon states that the family is of French origin, wit ...

Ancestry

Her paternal grandparents were George Smith, and wife Frances Mary Mosley, daughter of Sir John Parker Mosley, 1st Baronet, and wife Elizabeth Bayley, granddaughter of Nicholas Mosley and wife Elizabeth Parker, and sister of Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet, great-great-grandfather of

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References

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Frances Frances is an English given name or last name of Latin origin. In Latin the meaning of the name Frances is 'from France' or 'the French.' The male version of the name in English is Francis (given name), Francis. The original Franciscus, meaning "F ...

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