| The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne[lower-alpha 1] | |
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| The Earl, c. 1940 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Patrick Bowes-Lyon 22 September 1884 St Paul's Walden Bury, Hertfordshire, England |
| Died | 25 May 1949 (aged 64) Angus, Scotland, UK |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Dorothy Osborne |
Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th and 2nd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, DL[lower-alpha 1] (22 September 1884 – 25 May 1949) was a British nobleman and peer. As the eldest brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, he was an uncle of the current Queen, Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
Life[]
Patrick Bowes-Lyon was born on 22 September 1884 at St Paul's Walden Bury, Hertfordshire to Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck.[1] He was an older brother of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later The Queen Mother), and therefore an uncle of Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret. At the outbreak of World War I, he went into service with the Black Watch.[citation needed] On 19 June 1920, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Forfarshire.[2]
As a maternal uncle of the bride, Bowes-Lyon was a leading guest at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten.[3]
Marriage and issue[]
The Earl married Lady Dorothy Beatrix Godolphin Osborne (3 December 1888 – 18 June 1946), daughter of George Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds, on 21 November 1908 in London. The couple had four children:
- Hon. John Patrick Bowes-Lyon, Master of Glamis (1 January 1910 – 19 September 1941), killed in action, unmarried
- Lady Cecilia Bowes-Lyon (28 February 1912 – 20 March 1947) she was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 3 May 1923.[4] She married Major Kenneth Douglas Evelyn Herbert Harington on 8 March 1939.
- Timothy Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (18 March 1918 – 13 September 1972) married Mary Bridget Brennan on 18 June 1958. They had one daughter.
- Lady Nancy Moira Bowes-Lyon (18 March 1918 – 11 February 1959) she married Lance Amigo Percy Burra Robinson on 25 April 1940; they were divorced in 1950. They have two sons. She remarried John Michael Matheson Blair in 1954.
Death[]
The Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne died on 18 June 1946, aged 57. Patrick Bowes-Lyon outlived her by almost three years and died on 25 May 1949 in Angus, Scotland, aged 64.
Ancestry[]
Notes[]
References[]
- ↑ "Person Page 10083". http://www.thepeerage.com/p10083.htm#i100822. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
- ↑ "No. 31953". 25 June 1920. p. 6879. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31953/page/6879
- ↑ "A Royal Wedding". Royal Collection. 1947-11-20. http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/royalwedding1947/object.asp?grouping=&exhibs=NONE&object=9000366&row=82&detail=magnify. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
- ↑ "The Queen Mother in pictures". https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/royalty/9176069/The-Queen-Mother-in-pictures.html?frame=2181538. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
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