Parents

Father: Earl Claude Bowes-Lyon XIII of Strathmore
Born: July 21, 1824
Married: September 28, 1853
Died: February 16, 1904

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Mother: Frances Dora Smith 
Born: July 29, 1832
Died: February 5, 1922

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Children:
1. Earl Claude Bowe-Lyon XIV of Strathmore (b.3/14/1855)
2. Lord Ernst Bowes-Lyon of Strathmore

Note: It was the 13th Earl who modernized and made the Castle into a comfortable home for his large family. Gas was introduced in 1865 to be replaced by electricity in 1929. He installed running water in 1865 and central heating in 1866. He built a 5-acre walled garden in 1866 to provide vegetables, fruit and flowers for the Castle and in the same year re-opened the chapel. He refaced the servants courts beyond the east wing in 1897-1897 and in 1893 created the Dutch garden in front of the Castle.

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