Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Born Patrick Bowes-Lyon
(1884-09-22)22 September 1884
St Paul's Walden Bury, Hertfordshire, England
Died 25 May 1949(1949-05-25) (aged 64)
Angus, Scotland, UK
Title 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne[note 1]
Tenure 7 November 1944 – 25 May 1949
Predecessor Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Successor Timothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Spouse(s) Lady Dorothy Godolphin-Osborne
Issue John Bowes-Lyon, Master of Glamis
Lady Cecilia Harington
Timothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Lady Nancy Blair
Parents Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck

Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th and 2nd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne[note 1] (22 September 1884 – 25 May 1949) was an uncle of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

Biography

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.

As a maternal uncle of the bride, he was a leading guest at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.[2] He died on 25 May 1949 in Angus, Scotland, aged 64.

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 and three grandchildren:

Ancestry

Notes

  1. 1 2 Technically, "15th and 2nd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne," since he is the fifteenth Earl of that title in the Peerage of Scotland and the second of that title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

References

  1. "Person Page 10083". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  2. "A Royal Wedding". Royal Collection. 1947-11-20. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  3. "The Queen Mother in pictures". Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Claude Bowes-Lyon
Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1944–1949
Succeeded by
Timothy Bowes-Lyon
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
Claude Bowes-Lyon
Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1944-1949
Succeeded by
Timothy Bowes-Lyon
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