the illegitimate son of the 10th Earl of Strathmore. Their home was in France, but they regularly visited his family estates ...

This painting was done for the Earl of Strathmore in 1804 by George Gerrard. The Ox, a Durham Shorthorn, was bred by the Collings Brothers, who had learnt much from Robert Bakewell's ideas about ...

As an only child she was a great heiress and in 1767 she married John Lyon, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. They took the surname Bowes in lieu of Lyon by Act of Parliament. They had three sons ...