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

The Right Honourable The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Born	Patrick Bowes-Lyon 22 September 1884 St Paul's Walden Bury, Hertfordshire, England
Died	25 May 1949 (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:

• 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.^[3] She married Major Kenneth Douglas Evelyn Herbert Harington on 8 March 1939.
• Timothy Patrick Bowes-Lyon (18 March 1918 – 13 September 1972) married Mary Bridget Brennan on 18 June 1958. They had one daughter:
  • Caroline Frances Bowes-Lyon (8 December 1959-1 January 1960)
• Lady Nancy Moira Bowes-Lyon (18 March 1918 – 11 February 1959) she married Lance Amigo Percy Burra Robinson on 25 April 1940 and were divorced in 1950. They have two sons. She remarried John Michael Matheson Blair in 1954.
  • Christopher Patrick Burra-Robinson (6 August 1941)
  • Simon Lance Burra-Robinson (5 August 1945)

Ancestry

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

16. Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne               8. Thomas Lyon-Bowes, Lord Glamis                       17. Mary Elizabeth Louisa Carpenter               4. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne                             18. Joseph Valentine Grimstead               9. Charlotte Grimstead                       19. Charlotte Jane Sarah Walsh               2. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne                                   20. George Smith               10. Oswald Smith                       21. Frances Mary Mosley               5. Frances Dora Smith                             22. Robert Hodgson, Dean of Carlisle               11. Henrietta Mildred Hodgson                       23. Mary Tucker               1. Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne                                         24. William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland               12. Lord Charles Bentinck                       25. Lady Dorothy Cavendish               6. Charles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck                             26. Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley               13. Anne Wellesley                       27. Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland               3. Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck                                   28. Edwyn Andrew Burnaby               14. Edwyn Burnaby                       29. Mary Browne               7. Caroline Louisa Burnaby                             30. Thomas Salisbury               15. Anne Caroline Salisbury                       31. Frances Webb

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 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.