Lyon-Bowes's eldest brother was John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, who had a long affair with Mary Milner. Their only son John Bowes was only legitimized following the demise of his father. He inherited most of the real estate of his father, but none of his titles.
The second brother was George Bowes-Lyon who had married Mary Thornhill, but died childless on 26 December 1806. Lyon-Bowes was their only legitimate heir, and became the new Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne on 3 July 1820.
Marriages and issue
On 25 March 1800, Lyon-Bowes married firstly Mary Elizabeth Louisa Rodney Carpenter (1 January 1783 – 1 June 1811), only daughter and heir[2] of George Carpenter, Esq.[2][3] (1713–1782) and his wife Mary Elizabeth Walsh (1758–1812).[4] They had two children:
Mary Isabella Lyon-Bowes (8 August 1802 – 11 September 1836).[5] Married John Walpole Willis.
His second wife was Elizabeth Northcote, daughter to a Colonel of the British Army. Their marriage was solemnized at St George the Martyr, Southwark on 6 September 1812.[6] There are no records of when or if the marriage was dissolved. They had one daughter:
On 8 December 1817, Lyon-Bowes married his third wife, Marianna Cheape, daughter of Captain John Cheape. This marriage remained childless but lasted until his death in 1846.
He was succeeded as the 12th Earl of Strathmore by his grandson Thomas Lyon-Bowes.
References
^Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 3, pp. 3782-3
^Edward J. Davies, "Walsh of Redbourn", Genealogists' Magazine, 30(2010–12):241-45; Anthony R. Wagner, "Some of the Sixty-four Ancestors of Her Majesty the Queen", The Genealogists' Magazine, 9(1940–46):7-13.
^Judge John Walpole Willis and Lady Mary Willis: The Canadian experience & the aftermath, 2009
^London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P92/GEO/178
^Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th edition, ed. H. Pirie-Gordon, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1937, page 340
^Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th ed., vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1643