Frances Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frances Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne

Great-grandmother of Elizabeth II

Date of Birth: 29-Jul-1832

Place of Birth: Marylebone, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 05-Feb-1922

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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.