by Wendy Moore
Bowes, Lady Anna Maria (Mary’s daughter) see Jessop, Lady Anna Maria
Bowes, Eleanor (née Verney)
Bowes, Elizabeth, Lady (née Blakiston)
Bowes, Elizabeth (Mary’s aunt)
Bowes, Sir George (16th century)
Bowes, George (Mary’s father): death ; family and background; marriages; coal-mining ownership; as M P; and birth of Mary; improves Gibside estate ; hunting and horse-racing; encourages Mary’s upbringing and education; mausoleum; buys Hogarth’s Marriage A-la-Mode; friendship with 8th Earl of Strathmore ; health decline
Bowes, George (Mary’s son): birth; in mourning for father; removed from mother; in Downman portrait ; under Thomas Lyon’s control; sees mother after taking laudanum; Mary visits at school; at Eton; acquires St Paul’s Walden Bury; at Cambridge; military service; death; widow marries Colonel Price
Bowes, Jane (Mary’s aunt)
Bowes, John (Mary’s grandson)
Bowes, Lady Maria Jane (Mary’s daughter) see Price, Lady Maria Jane
Bowes, Mary (Mary’s daughter by Gray): secret birth; sends botanical cabinet to nephew; relations with mother; in Downman portrait; sent away to school ; and mother’s flight from Stoney; Stoney removes to Eliza Stephens’ care; kept from mother during Stoney’s captivity; mother claims renewed custody; reunited with mother; character ; remains unmarried; accompanies mother to Stourfield House; settles in Bath and death
Bowes, Mary (née Gilbert; Mary’s mother): marriage and birth of daughter; and Mary’s upbringing; as trustee of Mary’s inheritance; in widowhood ; and Mary’s marriage to Strathmore; present at birth of Mary’s children; and Elizabeth Planta; Scott lures to London; and Mary’s marriage to Stoney; urges Mary to leave Stoney; death and will
Bowes, Mary Eleanor see Strathmore, Mary Eleanor Bowes
Bowes, Thomas (Mary’s uncle)
Bowes, Thomas (‘Hungry Bowes’; lawyer)
Bowes, Thomas (Mary’s son) see Strathmoreh Earl of
Bowes, Sir William
Bowes, William (Mary’s uncle)
Bowes, William Johnstone (Mary’s son by Stoney): birth and childhood ; inoculated against smallpox; and parents’ flight to France; and mother’s flight from Stoney; Stoney constrains during Mary’s legal action; with Stoney in custody; separated from mother; sees sister Mary; mother regains custody; inherits under Stoney’s will; naval career and death
Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle
Brandling, Charles
Brown, Revd James
Brown, Lancelot (‘Capability’)
Brown, Robert
Brudenell, Colonel Robert
Brunswick, Augusta, Duchess of
Buller, Francis (‘Judge Thumb’)
Bunbury, Lady Sarah
Burghley, William, Baron
Burns, Robert
Bute, Mary, Countess of (née Wortley Montagu)
Byron, Williamh Baron
Calais
Calvert, Sir Peter
Cambridge University: Strathmore attends (Pembroke College)
Cape Town and Cape (South Africa)
Carlile, Mrs (teacher)
Carlisle, Frederick Howardh Earl of
Carmarthen, Francis Osborne, Marquis of (later 5th Duke of Leeds)
Carter, Elizabeth
Catherine of Aragon, Queen of Henry VIII
Chaloner, William
Chapman, Charles
Chapone, Hester
Charles II , King
Charlotte, Queen of George III
Chaworth, William
Chelsea see Stanley House
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhopeh Earl of
children: legal custody
Church of England: and marriage dissolution
Church, Susanna
Clive, Robert, Baron
coal mining: in County Durham
Coke, Edward, Viscount
Coke, Lady Mary
Cole Pike Hill, County Durham
Cole, Revd William
Colman, George: The Clandestine Marriage (with David Garrick)
Colpitts, Thomas
condoms
contraception
Cook, Captain James
Court of Arches
Court of Common Pleas
Court of Delegates
Craven, Lady Elizabeth (later Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth)
Craven, William
Cruikshank, Isaac
Crundall, Robert
Curzon, Sophia
Daily Universal Register see Times, The
Dale, Mary and Henry
Dale, Richard
Dalkeith, Caroline, Countess of
Dance, Nathaniel
Davis, Ann
Davis, William: as Stoney’s financial agent ; witnesses Stoney-Mary wedding; and Mary’s pregnancy; prevents Stoney’s knife attack on Mary; and abduction of Anna Maria to France; and Stoney’s guardianship of Anna Maria ; deposits Stoney’s valuables in bank; turns against Stoney in court case
Defoe, Daniel
Delany, Mary
Delaval family
Delaval, Thomas
de Quincy, Thomas
Devonshire, Georgiana, Duchess of
‘Diabo-Lady, The’ (ballad )
Dickens, Charles; Bleak House
divorce (and separation)
Dixon, Ann
Dixon, Isabella
Dock, Elizabeth
Donellan, Captain John
Douglas, Janet see Glamis, Janet Douglas, Lady
Downman, John
duelling
Duncan, King of Scots
Duncannon, Frederick Ponsonby, Viscount (later 3rd Earl of Bessborough)
Duncannon, Harriet, Viscountess (later Countess of Bessborough; née Spencer)
East India Company
Eldon, John Scottt Earl of
Elizabeth, Queen of George VI (née Bowes Lyon)
Ellenborough, Edward Lawt Baron
Ellison, Revd John
Endeavour (ship)
Engleheart,George
Engleheart, John Cox Dillman
English Chronicle
Ernst, Prince of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Erskine, David
Erskine, Thomas (later 1st Baron)
Este, Mrs (teacher)
Farington, Joseph
Farrer, Captain Henry: relations with Mary; and Stoney’s abduction of Mary; pursues Mary and Stoney across Pennines; and Mary’s escape from Stoney; and separated wife’s claim; divorce
Farrer, James: as Mary’s lawyer ; and restoration of Mary’s prenuptial deed; absence on business; enters Streatlam Castle ; offers reward for arrest of Stoney; shelters Mary in house; and Mary’s claims for guardianship of children; and Mary’s settlement on son John; and 11th Earl’s claims on title
Farrer, Mary (née Goldsmith)
Fenélon, François, Archbishop of Cambray
Fenton, Isabella
Ferrers, Laurence Shirleyh Earl of
Fielding, Henry
Fielding, Sir John
FitzThomas, Captain William
Foot, Jessé: treats Stoney after duel ; on Stoney’s appearance and character; on Stoney’s mistreatment of Hannah; on Strathmore’s character; on Mary’s figure; on Mary’s relations with Gray; on Mary’s reckless behaviour ; on Stoney’s pursuit of Mary ; Mary first meets treating Stoney ; and Stoney’s duel; on Stoney’s brutality towards Mary ; and Mary’s giving birth in Hammersmith house; on Mary’s written “confessions”; on Stoney’s entertaining; on Stoney’s watchfulness over Mary; attends Mrs Houghton in childbirth; on Mary’s deteriorating appearance ; on Stoney’s letters to Davis; and abduction of Anna; and Mary’s legal actions against Stoney; on Stoney’s philandering and illegitimate children; declines to testify for Mary in case against Stoney; on Stoney’s taking emetic; on Stoney’s decline into despondency; and Stoney’s seduction of Polly Sutton ; publishes account of Stoney after death; on Stoney’s treatment of children
Foote,
Samuel; The Nabob
Ford, Dr James
Forsyth, William
Foster, Edward
Foster, Lady Elizabeth
Fox, Lady Caroline
Fox, Charles James
France: cross-Channel journeys to; intermittent war with England; Stoney and Mary flee to with Anna
Frederick, General and Sarah (née Davis)
Garrett, Daniel
Garrick, David; The Clandestine Marriage (with George Colman)
Gay, John: The Beggar’s Opera
Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser, The
Gentleman’s Magazine
George II , King
George III , King: and duelling; marriage; vetoes Mary’s match with Prince Ernst; accession; distaste for eldest son; and plant collecting; resists American independence; dismisses Fox-North government
George VI , King
Gibside Hall and estate, County Durham: as Bowes family seat; Column to Liberty; Mary’s childhood at; George Bowes improves; Mary and Strathmore at; garden and greenhouses; and Stoney’s election campaign; and pretended birth of Mary’s baby by Gray ; Stoney and Mary at, 151; Stoney despoils and neglects; Stoney entertains at; Paterson’s Cape seeds and plants at; Stoney withholds payment to staff; Mary’s cabinet of curiosities; staff support for Mary in case against Stoney ; rents collected and sent to Mary ; Stoney evicts and threatens staff ; degenerates after Stoney’s conviction; Mary granted repossession; celebrates transfer to 10th Earl on coming-of-age; 10th Earl restores
Gibson, William
Gilbert, Edward (Mary’s maternal grandfather)
Gilbert, Mrs (Newington school mistress)
Gillray, James
giraffe: Paterson acquires skeleton and skin
Glamis Castle, Scotland
Glamis, Janet Douglas, Lady
Glamis, John Lyonh Baron
Gordon, Lord George
Gordon, Captain Robert
Gowland, Mary
Grafton, Anne, Duchess of see Upper Ossory, Countess of
Graham, David
Graham, James
Graham, Margaret (née Mylne)
Graham, Roberth Laird of Fintry
Gray, George: relations with Mary ; background and service in India ; makes Mary pregnant ; Mary’s engagement to; visits Stoney after duel; and Mary’s marriage to Stoney; threatens Mary with breach of promise suit; Stoney pays compensation to
Gray, Thomas: tutors Strathmore at Cambridge; on Strathmore’s wedding to Mary; visits Glamis ; stays at Gibside; visits Strathmores in London; in Paris
Greive, George
Gretna Green, Scotland
Grose, Sir Nash
Grosley, Pierre Jean
Grosvenor, Mary, Lady (née Davies)
Grosvenor, Sir Thomas
Halifax, George Savile, Marquess of: Advice to a Daughter
Hamilton, Mary
Hammersmith
Hardy, Thomas (novelist)
Hardy, Thomas (radical)
Hawkins, Sir Caesar
Held Woltemade (Dutch ship)
Henry VIII , King
Hickey, William
High Court of Delegates see Court of Delegates
Hill, Joseph
Hoare, Henry
Hogarth, William: Marriage A-la-Mode
Holland, William
horse racing
Houghton, Mrs (wet-nurse)
Howard, John
Hubbersty, Zachary
Hull, John
Hunter, John: Mary meets; natural history collection and museum ; and expeditions to Africa; rivalry with Foot; treats Mary ; satirical poem on Mary addressed to; Stoney entertains ; delivers Mary of baby; and Stoney’s philandering; Mary gives giraffe skin to; supports Mary in case against Stoney
Hunter, William
Infant Custody Act (1839)
Irish Register, The
Jackson, Elizabeth
Jackson, Emily
James V, King of Scots
James VI , King of Scots (James I of England)
Jessop, Lady Anna Maria (née Bowes; Mary’s daughter): birth; in mourning for father; removed from mother and sent to school; in Downman portrait; Stoney abducts and takes to France ; Stoney’s marriage plans for ; impressed and dazzled by Stoney; defies mother ; visits mother after laudanum episode; Stoney threatens to take abroad again; and Mary’s escape from Stoney; in care of Elizabeth Parish; and mother’s legal case against Stoney; elopement and marriage to Jessop; later relations with mother; accompanies mother to Stourfield House; death
Jessop, Anna Maria (daughter)
Jessop, Henry
Jessop, Susan
Johnson, Samuel
Johnston, James
Joplin, Thomas
Kenyon, Lloydt Baron
Kew Gardens: established; plant collection
Kinghorne, John Lyont Earl of
King’s Own Regiment (4th Foot)
Lacey, Thomas
Lambton, General John
Lambton, Lady Susan (née Lyon)
laudanum
Lawrenson, Mary (née Stoney; ARS’s sister): friendship with Mary; tyrannised by brother at Gibside; escapes from Stoney’s care and returns to Ireland; Stoney’s marriage plans for; sympathises in Mary’s case against Stoney
Ledstone (house), Yorkshire
Lee, Daniel
Lee, James
Lee, John
Lennox, Lady Sarah
Liddell, Henry
Liddell, Margaret
Liddell, Thomas
Lind, James
Linnaeus, Carl
Llewellin, Edward
London: conditions
London Consistory Court (Doctor’s Commons)
London Evening Post
Long, Tilney
Loughborough, Alexandert Baron (later 1st Earl of Rosslyn)
Lucas, Edward
Lyon family (Strathmores)
Lyon, James (Strathmore’s brother)
Lyon, Mary (Aunt Mary)
Lyon, Thomas (Strathmore’s brother): and Mary’s marriage to Strathmore; attends Cambridge University; close relations with brother Strathmore ; at Glamis; as M P; manages family affairs; commissions poem for birth of nephew John; marriage; hostility to Mary ; refuses money to Mary; and brother Strathmore’s death; custody and control of Mary’s children ; and Mary’s relations with Gray; plans for Strathmore daughters; brings action against Stoney’s abduction of Anna; meets Mary and Stoney after laudanum episode; denies support to Mary in case against Stoney; relaxes attitude to Mary; marriage settlement on Anna and Jessop; supports Mary’s claim for custody of younger children
Lyon, William: supports Mary in case against Stoney
Lyttelton, ThomasBaron
Macaulay, Catharine
Macbeth, King of Scots
Maddison, Colonel George
Madras Courier
Magra, Captain Perkins
Mahon, Ann (Mary’s maidservant)
Mahon, Thomas
Malcolm II , King of Scots
Mann, Sir Horace
Mansfield, William Murrayt Earl of
Markham, Jane
Markham, Revd Samuel
marriage: in Georgian England ; and property rights; separation and divorce
Marriage Act (1753)
Married Women’s Property Act (1870)
Mary Queen of Scots
Mason, William
Massingberd, Anne (later Maxwell)
Massingberd, Charles
Massingberd, William Burrell
Masson, Francis
Matra, James Mario (born Magra)
Matrimonial Causes Act (1857)
Maxwell, Anne see Massingberd, Anne
Maxwell, Revd William
Melbourne, Peniston Lamb, Baron (later Viscount), and Elizabeth, Lady
Menzies, James
Meredith, Mary (Countess of Ferrers)
Milbanke, Judith
Mingay, James
Mir Kasim, Nawab
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Montagu, Elizabeth
More, Hannah
Morgan, Mary: as Mary’s confidante and friend; appointed Mary’s maid; background and character; notices Stoney’s abuse of Mary ; and Mary’s taking laudanum; fears for Mary’s life; helps Mary escape; Stoney disparages; acts as Mary’s secretary; testifies for Mary in case against Stoney; accompanies Mary on flight from Stoney; on Farrer’s taking Mary’s case; in Gillray cartoon; and Stoney’s evictions of estate staff; and Mary’s intimidation fears; and Mary’s abduction; on Mary’s escape from Stoney; fever ; injured in coach accident; moves to Stourfield House; death
Morning Chronicle
Morning Herald
Morning Post
Morrow, Robert
Mountstuart, Charlotte, Lady (née Windsor)
Mountstuart, John, Baron (later 4th Earl of Bute)
Newcastle Chronicle
Newcastle Courant
Newcastle Journal
Newcastle upon Tyne: character; Stoney contests and wins Parliamentary seat for; Stoney loses Parliamentary seat (1784)
Newton, Catherine (Hannah’s mother)