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

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

The Right Honourable

The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

DL
15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne[note 1]
Tenure7 November 1944 – 25 May 1949
PredecessorClaude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
SuccessorTimothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
BornPatrick Bowes-Lyon
(1884-09-22)22 September 1884
St Paul's Walden Bury, Hertfordshire, England
Died25 May 1949(1949-05-25) (aged 64)
Angus, Scotland, UK
Spouse(s)Lady Dorothy Osborne
Issue
Parents

Life

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. On 19 June 1920, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Forfarshire.[2]

As a maternal uncle of the bride, he 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), died 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
  1. 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 31 March 2016.
  2. "No. 31953". The London Gazette. 25 June 1920. p. 6879.
  3. "A Royal Wedding". Royal Collection. 20 November 1947. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  4. "The Queen Mother in pictures". Telegraph. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
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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