BOWES, John (1811-1885), of 54 Conduit Street, London, Mdx. and Streatlam Castle, co. Durham.

b. 19 June 1811, illegit. s. of John Bowes-Lyon, 10^th earl of Strathmore (d. 3 July 1820), and Mary, da. of George Milner of Stainton, co. Durham. educ. priv. schs. at Ealing and Lincs.; Eton 1826; Trinity, Camb., matric. 1828, BA 1832, m. (1) 23 Aug. 1852, Josephine Benoîte Coffin-Chevallier, countess of Montalbo (d. Feb. 1874), s.p.; (2) 18 Aug. 1877, Alphonsine, comtesse de Courten of the Valais, Switzerland. s.p. suc. to father’s English estates 1821. d. 9 Oct. 1885.