Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | |
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| 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Lyon-Bowes |
| Succeeded by | Claude Bowes-Lyon |
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| Born | Claude George Lyon-Bowes 21 July 1824 Redbourn, Hertfordshire, England |
| Died | 16 February 1904 (aged 79) Bordighera, Liguria, Italy |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Mother | Charlotte Lyon-Bowes, Lady Glamis |
| Father | Thomas Lyon-Bowes, Lord Glamis |
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (21 July 1824 – 16 February 1904), styled The Honourable Claude Bowes-Lyon from 1847 to 1865, was a British peer.[1] He was the 13th holder of the Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and is the paternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Life[]
He was born in Redbourn, Hertfordshire. He was the second surviving son of Thomas George Lyon-Bowes, Lord Glamis (son of the 11th Earl), and his wife Charlotte Grimstead. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and his first wife Mary Elizabeth Louisa Rodney Carpenter. His maternal grandparents were Joseph Valentine Grimstead and Charlotte Jane Sarah Walsh. Born Claude Lyon-Bowes, he altered the family name to Bowes-Lyon.[2]
Bowes-Lyon also played cricket,[3] making four appearances in first-class cricket, appearing three times for the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1843 and 1846, and once for the Gentlemen of England in 1846.[4] In 1865 he succeeded his elder brother Thomas. In 1887 he was created Baron Bowes, of Streatlam Castle and Lunedale, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was a Scottish representative peer from 1870 until 1892, and Lord Lieutenant of Angus from 1874 until his death.
Marriage and family[]
On 28 September 1853, Claude married Frances Dora Smith. They had 11 children:[5]
- Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (14 March 1855 – 7 November 1944), the father of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II.
- Francis Bowes-Lyon (23 February 1856 – 18 February 1948)
- Ernest Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1858 – 27 December 1891)
- Herbert Bowes-Lyon (15 August 1860 – 14 April 1897)
- Patrick Bowes-Lyon (5 March 1863 – 5 October 1946), a major of the British Army and a tennis player
- Lady Constance Frances Bowes-Lyon (1865 – 19 November 1951)
- Kenneth Bowes-Lyon (26 April 1867 – 9 January 1911)
- Lady Mildred Marion Bowes-Lyon (1868 – 9 June 1897)
- Lady Maud Agnes Bowes-Lyon (1870 – 28 February 1941)
- Lady Evelyn Mary Bowes-Lyon (1872 – 15 March 1876)
- Malcolm Bowes-Lyon (23 April 1874 – 23 August 1957), a lieutenant colonel of the British Army
Ancestry[]
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References[]
- ^ Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
- ^ Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846–1931, Scots peerage: founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, Volume 8, 1904
- ^ "Player profile: Claude Bowes-Lyon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Claude Bowes-Lyon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ Vickers, p.4
External links[]
- The peerage.com
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
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- 1824 births
- 1904 deaths
- People from Redbourn
- Bowes-Lyon family
- Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne
- Lord-Lieutenants of Angus
- Peers of the United Kingdom created by Queen Victoria
- English cricketers
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- Gentlemen of England cricketers