Frances Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne
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The Right Honourable The Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne |
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| Born |
29 July 1832 Marylebone, London |
| Died | 5 February 1922 (aged 89) 19 Hans Place, Chelsea, London |
| Spouse(s) | Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne |
| Children |
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Francis Bowes-Lyon Ernest Bowes-Lyon Herbert Bowes-Lyon Maj. Patrick Bowes-Lyon Lady Constance Blackburn Kenneth Bowes-Lyon Lady Mildred Marion Jessub Lady Maud Agness Bowes-Lyon Evelyn Mary Bowes-Lyon Maj. Malcolm Bowes-Lyon |
| Mother | Henrietta Mildred Hodgson |
| Father | Oswald Smith |
Frances Dora Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (née Smith; 29 July 1832 – 5 February 1922) was a British noblewoman. She was the paternal grandmother of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and thus a great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II.
Her father was Oswald Smith (7 July 1794 – 18 June 1863), of Blendon Hall,Bexley, Kent (Bexley being annexed to London only in 1894) and her mother was Henrietta Mildred Hodgson (6 January 1805–19 November 1891). 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 Oswald Mosley.
On 28 September 1853, she married Claude Bowes-Lyon. He became the 13th holder of the Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne following the death of his brother Thomas in 1865. Frances then assumed the title and style of Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Together the couple had 11 children.
She died at 19 Hans Place, Chelsea, London on 5 February 1922, aged 89. She was buried at Glamis Castle, Angus, the family seat of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
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