Frances Dora (Smith) Bowes-Lyon (1832 - 1922)

Born 29 Jul 1832 in Blendon Hall, Kent, England

Ancestors

Wife of Claude George Bowes-Lyon — married 26 Sep 1853 in Bexley, Kent, England

Descendants

Died 5 Feb 1922 at age 89 in Hans Place, Chelsea, London, England

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Biography

Frances Smith was a member of the aristocracy in England.

This profile is part of the Smith Name Study.

Frances is a maternal great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II.

Frances was born in 1832.

Her father was Oswald Smith, of Blendon Hall (7 July 1794 – 18 June 1863), and her mother was Henrietta Mildred Hodgson (c. 1805–1891). 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 Sir 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:

1. Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne+ b. 14 Mar 1855, d. 7 Nov 1944
2. Hon. Francis Bowes-Lyon+ b. 23 Feb 1856, d. 18 Feb 1948
3. Hon. Ernest Bowes-Lyon+ b. 4 Aug 1858, d. 27 Dec 1891
4. Herbert Bowes-Lyon b. 15 Aug 1860, d. 14 Apr 1897
5. Major Patrick Bowes-Lyon+ b. 5 Mar 1863, d. 5 Oct 1946
6. Lady Constance Frances Bowes-Lyon+ b. 1865, d. 19 Nov 1951
7. Kenneth Bowes-Lyon b. 26 Apr 1867, d. 9 Jan 1911
8. Mildred Marion Bowes-Lyon b. c 1868, d. 9 Jun 1897
9. Maud Agnes Bowes-Lyon b. 1870, d. 28 Feb 1941
10. Evelyn Mary Bowes-Lyon b. 1872, d. 15 Mar 1876
11. Lt.-Col. Hon. Malcom Bowes-Lyon+ b. 23 Apr 1874, d. 23 Aug 1957

On 2 April 1871, the night of the English Census, Frances is recorded^[1] as Countess Strathemere And Kingham and living with her husband (recorded as Earl Strathemere And Kingham) and 8 of her then 9 children (Claude, Francis, Ernest, Patrick, Constance, Kenneth, Mildred and, Maud)

She passed away in 1922.

Research Notes

1. England and Wales Census, 1871^[1]
   • Name: Strathemere And Kingham
   • Titles and Terms: Countess
   • Event Type: Census
   • Event Date: 1871
   • Event Place: Knightsbridge, St Margarets, London, Middlesex, England
   • Enumeration District: 17
   • Gender: Female
   • Age: 38
   • Marital Status: Married
   • Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
   • Birth Year (Estimated): 1833
   • Birthplace: London
   • District: All Saints
   • GS Film Number: 000823289
   • Image Number: 00232
   • Entry Number: 18

   For the rest of Frances' family see Earl Strathemere And Kingham's profile

2. "England and Wales Census, 1891,"^[2]
   • Event Type: Census
   • Event Date: 1891
   • County: London
   • Parish: Kensington
   • Ecclesiastical Parish: ST STEPHENS
   • Registration District: Kensington
   • Residence Note: Queens Gate Gardens
   • Page Number: 36
   • Registration Number: RG12
   • Piece/Folio: 34/ 92
   • Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Occupation

   Strathmore Wife Female 58 St George'S, London, England Living On Private Means

   • For the full list of people in this Census entry see her husband Claude's profile

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRNT-GML : 9 December 2017), Strathemere And Kingham, 1871.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3TLT-SZM : 11 December 2017), Strathmore, Kensington, London, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, London county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/24493981/frances-dora-bowes-lyon : accessed 16 August 2021), memorial page for Frances Dora Smith Bowes-Lyon (29 Jul 1832–5 Feb 1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24493981, citing Glamis Churchyard, Glamis, Angus, Scotland ; Maintained by IrishDan (contributor 46810933) .
• Wikipedia entry
• Familypedia: Frances Dora Smith
• The Peerage: Frances Dora Smith
• link to "My Heritage" subscription site

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of MASTER2011WIKITREE.GED on 27 January 2011.
• Prior to import, this record was last changed 05 APR 2006. Unsourced family tree handed down to Enrique Treat (Gleason Gleeson) Gleason Aguiluz Esq..