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She was a keen amateur botanist, who maintained hothouses at Gibside in Tyne & Wear, and at her London house, Stanley House in Chelsea, close to the Chelsea Physic Garden. Mary Eleanor Bowes commissioned William Paterson, a Scottish botanist, to collect exotic plants for her during his expeditions to the Cape of Good Hope between 1777 and 1779. A specialist botanical cabinet (circa 1775 – 1785) was engineered to house those plants on their return. Although the exact date and maker aren’t known, a botanical cabinet was commissioned around 1780 in which she could keep these specimens. The plants were presumably dried and put onto sheets of paper to be kept in drawers or folders, as is still the practice today. This explains why the cabinet does not open at the front, but at the side, which pulls down to allow the drawers to be pulled out for the specimens to be examined on the flap below. I'm A Celeb's Jamie Lynn Spears breaks down as she recalls eldest daughter Maddie's near-death experience: 'I thought I'd lost her'

Unfortunately, due to the etiquette of the time, Mary who lived pretty much as the 10 th Earl of Strathmore’s wife, never made public appearances or entertained together with him in their homes. But we know from letters and archives that she was very involved in advising him in business decisions and the running of the estate. Together with the 10 th Earl of Strathmore, she made sure that John Bowes received a good education and encouraged John on his path for art collecting. Although the Earl doted on his son, and married Mary on his deathbed in 1820, John Bowes was still considered illegitimate. He inherited his father’s property in England, but the Scottish estates and the title passed to his uncle, who became the 11th Earl (he was the great-great-grandfather of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, 1900 – 2002.) Stoney was carried on a stretcher down the aisle of St James's Church, Piccadilly, where he married Mary. Shortly afterwards, he staged a remarkable recovery. In compliance with Mary's father's will, Stoney changed his name to Bowes. Two children were born to Mary during the term of this marriage: Great British Bake Off's Manon Lagrève reveals she is pregnant with her second child a year after tying the knot with husbandLuke Bennett Talk about the world's best job! A DOUGHNUT SCIENTIST reveals how she is creating a healthier future for bakery...

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Angelina Jolie is seen for the first time since being accused of 'playing games' with ex-husband Brad Pitt Jennifer Lopez is fierce at 54 as she shares 'first of many' album covers for new release This Is Me... Now Fiona Curran’s commission for Gibside, Your Sweetest Empire is to Please reflected her ongoing interest in historical landscape, ownership and gender politics as well as drawing on Mary Eleanor Bowes’ enthusiasms for plant collecting. Fiona's work at Gibside centred on the creation of a new sculptural folly, situated next to the ruined Orangery, and based on the design of 18th Century seed carrying caskets, used by plant collectors to transport their finds. For images and to read more about the inspiration for the artwork visit Fiona’s commission blog, Undisciplined Women. How would you like to be remembered? From scattering ashes on a favourite walk, to a party with a bouncy castle, many people are deciding a traditional funeral just isn't right for them

Monster of Glamis, allegedly a surviving deformed member of the Bowes-Lyon family, born in 1821 and kept in seclusion in Glamis Castle.Alan Carr, 47, cosies up to his hairdresser boyfriend Callum Heslop, 27, as they head out to grab a coffee in Santa Monica Angelina Jolie appears in good spirits as she is seen for the first time since being accused of 'playing games' with ex-husband Brad Pitt by trying to turn their kids against him Mary Eleanor Bowes was the great-great-great-grandmother of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the late Queen Mother. [6] Archives [ edit ] Cruelly, Stoney insisted that Mary be curt and often downright rude in company, to perpetuate a myth he had circulated that she was a truculent wife. Streatlam Castle, a Baroque stately home owned by the Bowes-Lyon family, located near the town of Barnard Castle in County Durham, England. It proved too expensive to maintain, and so was blown up with dynamite in 1959.

Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (3 May 1773 – 27 August 1846) married Mary Elizabeth Louisa Rodney Carpenter, whose mother was the daughter of a mason. [4] Maria Jane Lyon-Bowes (21 April 1768 – 22 April 1806), married Colonel Barrington Price of the British Army in 1789 Suffering sleepless nights? Tossing and turning? Find your slumber solutions with MyPillow, the most comfortable pillow you'll ever own... GUARANTEED! Hugh Grant, 63, and his wife AnnaElisabet Eberstein, 40, attend the Wonka premiere ahead of his controversial role as an Oompa Loompa By the end of the 1850s, John and Joséphine were still childless. It may have been this that gave impulse to an alternative ambition: to build a grand museum and amass a collection to display within it so their name would live on.The year of Lennon’s wedding, as the National Trust’s public programmes curator, she had organised their Prejudice and Pride programme and inadvertently started a small war. It began when she read a guidebook about a stately home that discussed a “confirmed bachelor from the 18th century, who’d never married, but had had close personal relationships with his handsome cousin”. She grins, raising her eyebrows – she’s in her office, behind her garage, behind the house in Durham she now shares with her wife and two young children. “So I started trying to advocate and push, and eventually created the inclusive histories programme at the National Trust. And it… hit the news.” I didn’t change. Marriage changed… It is possible to make an equal marriage Gloria Steinem Emma Stone stars with DOLL in surreal Athens photo-shoot by The Favourite director... and quips that she wishes all her films were SILENT