BOWES, Andrew Robinson (1747-1810), of Cold Pike Hill; Gibside, nr. Gateshead; and Streatlam Castle, co. Dur.

b. 19 Jan. 1747, 1st s. of George Stoney of Greyfort and Portland, co. Tipperary by Elizabeth, da. of James Johnston of Ballynockane. m. (1) 5 Nov. 1768,Gent. Mag. 1768, p. 542. Burke’s Irish Landed Gentry gives 1 Sept. 1769, but clearly the earlier date is more probable. Hannah, da. and h. of William Newton of Cold Pike Hill, Newcastle coal merchant, s.p.; (2) 17 Jan. 1777, Mary Eleanor, da. and h. of George Bowes, wid. of John Lyon, 7th Earl of Strathmore [S], 1s. 1da. On marrying her Stoney took, under the terms of her father’s will, the name of Bowes. She divorced him 3 Mar. 1789.