Editing The Luck of Barry Lyndon (section)

===Andrew Robinson Stoney-Bowes===
Thackeray got the idea for this novel during a visit with the art collector John Bowes (whom he knew from school)<ref>{{harvsp|Colby|1966|p=114, note 9}}.</ref> to Streatlam Castle in June and July 1841. In ''Fraser's Magazine'', he wrote:

{{Blockquote|During my travels in the provinces, I have found material (a character, rather) for a story; I am certain that there is material for amusement in this… for my story about BARRY-LYNN (or whatever name one might give him)[...].<ref>{{cite book|language=en|first=William Makepeace|last=Thackeray|title=Letters, II|page=29}}</ref>}} 

In fact, these documents come from the Strathmore family, of which John Bowes is the illegitimate descendant, and are collected in a pamphlet by [[Jesse Foot]], entitled ''Lives of [[Andrew Robinson Stoney|Andrew Robinson Stoney-Bowes]] and the Countess of Strathmore'', published in London in 1812.<ref name="Colby"/> Bowes owns an annotated copy that Thackeray probably knew about, and the character of [[Andrew Robinson Stoney|Andrew Robinson Bowes]] immediately fascinates him<ref>{{cite book|language=en|first=William Makepeace|last=Thackeray|title=Letters, I|page=91}}</ref><ref>{{harvsp|Ray|1955|p=344}}.</ref>