Andrew Robinson Stoney

Andrew Robinson Stoney, later renamed Andrew Robinson Stoney-Bowes (1747–1810), was an Anglo-Irish member of parliament, high sheriff, and criminal. While Andrew Stoney-Bowes was a member of parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1780–4) and also High Sheriff of Northumberland, he is perhaps best remembered for his marriage to Mary Eleanor Bowes, the Dowager Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, during which, it was later shown, he was severely abusive towards his wife. Mary Eleanor Bowes became known as "The Unhappy Countess", perhaps due to the abuse she suffered, and their marriage ended in scandal. He was the inspiration for the fictional character of Barry Lyndon.

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