John Bowes
Politician
1811 – 1885
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Who was John Bowes?
John Bowes was an English art collector and thoroughbred racehorse owner who founded the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle, Teesdale. Born into the wealthy coal mining descendants of George Bowes, he was the child of John Lyon-Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and his mistress or common-law wife Mary Milner, later wife of Sir William Hutt.
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- Born
- Jun 19, 1811
- Parents
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- University of Cambridge
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Eton College
- Died
- Oct 9, 1885
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on July 23, 2013
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