Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Born	June 7, 1957
Died	February 27, 2016 (aged 58)
Residence	Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland
Nationality	British
Education	Sunningdale School Eton University of Aberdeen RMA Sandhurst
Title	18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Predecessor	17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Successor	19th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Spouse(s)	Isobel Charlotte Weatherall (m. 1984–2005) Dr. Damaris E. Stuart-William (m. 2005–08) Karen Baxter (m. 2012)
Children	Simon Bowes-Lyon, 19th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne John Bowes-Lyon George Bowes-Lyon Toby Bowes-Lyon
Parent(s)	Fergus Michael Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Mary Pamela McCorquodale
Relatives	Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (great aunt) Elizabeth II (first cousin, once removed)

Michael Fergus Bowes-Lyon, 18th and 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, DL (7 June 1957 – 27 February 2016), styled Lord Glamis between 1972 and 1987, was a British politician and soldier, and a first cousin, once removed, of Elizabeth II.

Family and background

Lord Strathmore was the only son of Michael Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and his wife Mary Pamela, née McCorquodale.^[1] He was a great-nephew of the late Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and a first cousin, once removed, of Queen Elizabeth II.

He was educated at Sunningdale School, Eton College, the University of Aberdeen and RMA Sandhurst. He rose to the rank of Captain in the British Army (serving with the Scots Guards). He succeeded his father as 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne in 1987.

Marriage and children

Lord Strathmore was married three times.

In 1984 he married Isobel Charlotte Weatherall (b ca 1963), great-granddaughter of Henry Keswick and sister of businessman Percy Weatherall, Tai-Pans of Jardine Matheson. They were separated in 2003 and were divorced in 2005. They had three children:

• Simon Bowes-Lyon, 19th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (b. 18 June 1986)
• Hon. John Fergus Bowes-Lyon (b. 1988)
• Hon. George Norman Bowes-Lyon (b. 1991)

On 24 November 2005 at Glamis Castle he married Dr. Damaris E. Stuart-William, a clinical psychologist. They were separated in 2007 and were divorced in 2008. They had one child, a son:

• Hon. Toby Peter Fergus Bowes-Lyon (b. March 2005) (legitimised upon the marriage of his parents)

On 4 August 2012 he married Karen Baxter who survives him.^[2]

Arms

Arms of Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

Coronet A Coronet of an Earl Crest Between two Slips of Laurel a Demi Lady to the girdle habited and holding in her right hand a Thistle all proper Escutcheon Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Argent a Lion rampant Azure armed and langued Gules within a Double Tressure flory counterflory of the second (Lyon); 2nd and 3rd, Ermine three Bows strings palewise proper (Bowes); as a Royal Augmentation, granted to the holder of the Earldom only, an Inescutcheon en surtout Azure thereon a Rose Argent barbed Vert seeded Or ensigned with an Imperial Crown proper within a Double Tressure flory counterflory of the second, the said Inescutcheon ensigned with an Earl's Coronet proper Supporters On the dexter side an Unicorn Argent armed unguled maned and tufted Or, and on the sinister side a Lion per fess Or and Gules Motto In Te Domine Speravi (In Thee, O Lord, have I put my trust)

References

1. http://www.thepeerage.com/p231.htm The Peerage
2. Kane, Patricia (11 August 2012). "Twice divorced Queen's cousin with 'taste for drinking and prostitutes' weds shop manager". UK: The Daily Mail.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne