Father Oswald Smith Buried Glamis Castle, Angus | Name Frances Countess | |
Born 29 July 1832
Blendon Hall ( 1832-07-29 ) Died February 5, 1922, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom Spouse Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strath and Kinghorne (m. 1853) Children Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strath and Kinghorne, Patrick Bowes-Lyon Grandchildren Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Similar People Claude Bowes‑Lyon - 14th Earl, Cecilia Bowes‑Lyon - Countess, Louisa Cavendish‑Bentinck, Fergus Bowes‑Lyon, David Bowes‑Lyon | ||
Parents Henrietta Mildred Hodgson | ||
Frances Dora Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (née Smith; 29 July 1832 – 5 February 1922) was a British noblewoman. She was the paternal grandmother of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and thus a great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II.
Her father was Oswald Smith (7 July 1794 – 18 June 1863), of Blendon Hall, Bexley, Kent (Bexley being annexed to London only in 1894) and her mother was Henrietta Mildred Hodgson (6 January 1805–19 November 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 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.
Death
She died at 19 Hans Place, Chelsea, London on 5 February 1922, aged 89. She was buried at Glamis Castle, Angus, the family seat of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne.