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Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (24 February 1749 – 28 April 1800) was a notable member of the British aristocracy during the Georgian period in the 18th century. Referred to by some as "The Unhappy Countess", she was a prominent heiress, who inherited a vast fortune.
Mary Eleanor Bowes, contessa di Strathmore e Kinghorne ( Barnard Castle, 24 febbraio 1749 – 28 aprile 1800 ), è stata una nobildonna britannica .
14 mag 2024 · Mary Eleanor was the ancestress of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. She married secondly an adventurer called Andrew Robinson Stoney, who changed his name to Bowes. But the marriage was not happy due to his ill treatment of her. She instituted divorce proceedings in 1785 but he then abducted her.
8 mar 2018 · Mary Eleanor was a very intelligent young lady and with her fathers upmost support she indulged her knowledge which was very unlikely for a woman in the 18th century. By her own account she could read fluently at the age of four, had a gift for languages, and took a great interest in botany.
8 mar 2021 · Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was John’s grandmother. She was born on 24 February 1749, the only child of George Bowes MP, of Streatlam Castle and Gibside in County Durham, and his second wife, Mary, heir of Edward Gilbert, of St Paul’s Walden in Hertfordshire.
5 dic 2018 · Mary Eleanor became heiress to the Bowes fortune on the death of her father, George Bowes, in 1760. George was a powerful coal magnate and had held great estates and castles across the North of England, including Gibside and Streatlam.
2 gen 2024 · Mary Eleanor (1749–1800), born to George Bowes’s second wife, was his only child and became one of the most talked-about and sought-after ladies in London’s high society. Sadly, her husbands inflicted tragedy and pain rather than happiness.
