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naathDied on this day in 1685 aged 54 King Charles II of England(my toy,wikipedia). The young Charles fled the country to escape the Roundheads, after the death of Cromwell senior, and the general rubbishness of Cromwell, and the election of a new (more royalist) parliament he was invited back to Be King, but with rather reduced powers and funds. Charles had lots of mistresses and lots of children with them, but no children by his wife (who was rather inconveniently, at least according to Parliament, Catholic). He was succeeded by his brother James.
Born on this day in 180 Thomas Lyon-Bowes(my toy,wikipedia). (Thomas is person 3456 in the database, this is mildly amusing). Great-grandfather of the Queen Mother. Interestingly he is Lyon-Bowes but some of his children are Bowes-Lyon; I have no idea why, maybe someone reading this does?
Born on this day in 180 Thomas Lyon-Bowes(my toy,wikipedia). (Thomas is person 3456 in the database, this is mildly amusing). Great-grandfather of the Queen Mother. Interestingly he is Lyon-Bowes but some of his children are Bowes-Lyon; I have no idea why, maybe someone reading this does?
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Date: 2015-02-06 06:20 pm (UTC)the heiress Mary Eleanor ... married the 9th Earl and brought with her the fortune of her father George Bowes, the owner of Streatham Castle.
(The 9th Earl and his children took the surname of Bowes in place of Lyon, which left the clan chiefless; the 11th Earl changed this to Lyon-Bowes; and the 13th Earl made the final change to Bowes-Lyon.)
So a bit of sucking-up (use the rich ancestor's name even though it's the maternal line), then a bit of red tape fudging (oh look, now we have a Lyon chief again), then a bit of common sense (put the names in the more conventional order).