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Bowes was a reformer in politics, in favour of triennial Parliaments and the removal of Bishops from the House of Lords. He was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament, for the South Durham constituency, between 1832 and 1847. He also served as High Sheriff of Durham in 1852.
Jul 6, 2018 · John Bowes was an art collector and racehorse owner who founded the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle, Teesdale. He was the son of John Lyon-Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1769–1820). He was educated first at Eton and then at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Oct 28, 2005 · John Garland Bowes, an avid art collector and Bay Area entrepreneur who took three different companies and turned each of them into a success story, died of a heart attack in his San...
Josephine Bowes. A businessman and the son of an Earl, John met Joséphine when he bought the Théâtre De Variétés in Paris, where she was an actress and they married in 1852. Joséphine, an accomplished artist, indulged her passion for collecting and became a patron of the arts.
Nov 28, 2023 · The Bowes Museum, designed in the style of a French château, houses his extensive art collection and remains a testament to his lifelong passion for the arts. Bowes was not only an art enthusiast but also a forward-thinking businessman.
John Bowes (1811-1885) coal industrialist and art collector. 1811 born at 13 South Street, Chelsea, London, on 19 June, the illegitimate son of John Bowes, tenth earl of Strathmore (1769–1820), and Mary (1787–1860), the daughter of George and Ann Milner of Stainton, co. Durham.
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John Bowes was the natural son of John Lyon Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore, and of Mary Millner, an ordinary girl from the village of Stainton near of Barnard Castle and closer still to the Streatlam Estate.
