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|name = [[wikipedia:Nomen nescio|N.N.]] Bates
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|born = 1844<ref>Downton Abbey: Season 1 Scripts: Page 379: Julian Fellowes' notes read as ''"Anna is perched on a chair in her hat. Mrs Bates, a kindly woman of seventy, is facing her. A table holds tea things."'' The scene occurs in July 1914. Seventy years prior is 1844, thus the year Mrs Bates is born in.</ref>
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|died = 1916
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|address = [[London]], [[England]]
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|family = [[John Bates]] (son)<br>Mr Bates (husband†)<br> [[Vera Bates]] (daughter-in-law†) <br>[[Anna Bates]] (daughter-in-law)<br>[[Johnny Bates]] (grandson)<br>Unnamed mother (née Keith†)}}{{Dialogue a-b|Mrs Hughes|You're as white as a sheet.|John Bates|It's my wonderful complexion, inherited from my Irish mother.|[[John Bates|Bates]] and [[Elsie Carson|Mrs Hughes]] in 1913|Episode 1.03}}
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'''Mrs Bates''' was the half-[[Ireland|Irish]]/half-[[Scotland|Scottish]] mother of [[John Bates]]. She lived in [[London]].
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==Biography==
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[[Anna Bates|Anna Smith]], who worked alongside her son at [[Downton Abbey]], visited her in 1914. Anna was in London with [[Beryl Patmore]], who was seeing an eye doctor, but she was also trying to find out the truth about [[John Bates|John]] and his criminal past. Mrs Bates, upon meeting [[Anna Bates|Anna]], told her the truth: the true criminal was her daughter-in-law, [[Vera Bates]]. She said her son felt guilty for her ways, but she felt [[Vera Bates|Vera]] was bad from the start. [[Anna Bates|Anna]] later told [[Robert Crawley]] what she learned. John later informed Anna that his mother "liked her".
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==Death==
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Sometime after the outbreak of the Great War, but before November 1916, Mrs Bates died. She left her son money, "more than I ([[John Bates|John]]) thought." [[John Bates|John]] went to London for his mother's funeral then returned to Downton. [[Vera Bates|Vera]] also learned of [[Anna Bates|Anna]]'s visit to Mrs Bates before her death.
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==Legacy==
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In September 1921, when John and Anna (who was now John's wife) are going with the [[Crawley family]] to [[Duneagle Castle]] in [[Scotland]], he reveals his mother's mother was Scottish, a Keith. In 1923 John remarked to [[Elsie Hughes|Mrs Hughes]] that he had not been to London since he buried his mother (though she suspects he came earlier to take revenge on valet [[Green]] because he attacked Anna).
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Mrs Hughes: "You're as white as a sheet."
John Bates: "It's my wonderful complexion, inherited from my Irish mother."
Bates and Mrs Hughes in 1913[src]

Mrs Bates was the half-Irish/half-Scottish mother of John Bates. She lived in London.

Biography

Anna Smith, who worked alongside her son at Downton Abbey, visited her in 1914. Anna was in London with Beryl Patmore, who was seeing an eye doctor, but she was also trying to find out the truth about John and his criminal past. Mrs Bates, upon meeting Anna, told her the truth: the true criminal was her daughter-in-law, Vera Bates. She said her son felt guilty for her ways, but she felt Vera was bad from the start. Anna later told Robert Crawley what she learned. John later informed Anna that his mother "liked her".

Death

Sometime after the outbreak of the Great War, but before November 1916, Mrs Bates died. She left her son money, "more than I (John) thought." John went to London for his mother's funeral then returned to Downton. Vera also learned of Anna's visit to Mrs Bates before her death.

Legacy

In September 1921, when John and Anna (who was now John's wife) are going with the Crawley family to Duneagle Castle in Scotland, he reveals his mother's mother was Scottish, a Keith. In 1923 John remarked to Mrs Hughes that he had not been to London since he buried his mother (though she suspects he came earlier to take revenge on valet Green because he attacked Anna).

Appearances and Mentions
Series 1 Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3
Mentioned
Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7
Appears
   
Series 2 Episode 1
Mentioned
Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 8 Christmas Special
   
Series 3 Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 8 Christmas Special
Mentioned

References

  1. Downton Abbey: Season 1 Scripts: Page 379: Julian Fellowes' notes read as "Anna is perched on a chair in her hat. Mrs Bates, a kindly woman of seventy, is facing her. A table holds tea things." The scene occurs in July 1914. Seventy years prior is 1844, thus the year Mrs Bates is born in.