- David Bowes-Lyon
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Sir David Bowes-Lyon KCVO (2 May 1902[1] – 13 September 1961) was the sixth son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck. His sister Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married Prince Albert, the second son of King George V, in 1923 and became Queen Consort on the abdication of his brother King Edward VIII in 1936.[2]
On 6 February 1929, he married Rachel Pauline Clay (d. 21 January 1996) and they had two children:
- Davina Katherine Bowes-Lyon (b. 2 May 1930)
- Simon Alexander Bowes-Lyon (b. 17 June 1932)
During World War II, David was a member of the secret propaganda department Political Warfare Executive. He was High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1950 and Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire from 1952 until his death. Also, he became President of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1953.[3][4] In 1960, he commanded the third World Orchid Conference.[5]
He died at his sister's home, Birkhall, on the Balmoral estate, of a heart attack after suffering from hemiplegia. The Queen Mother discovered him dead in bed.[6] The funeral was held at Ballater, and he was buried at St Paul's Walden Bury.
Ancestry
16. Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 8. Thomas George 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 Hodgson 23. Mary Tucker 1. David Bowes-Lyon 24. William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland 12. Lord Charles Bentinck 25. 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 References
- ^ "Royal feud: the Queen Mother and the Duchess of Windsor" - Google Books
- ^ "Gardeners chronicle & new horticulturist" - Google Books
- ^ "The story of the Royal Horticultural Society, 1804-1968" - Google Books
- ^ "Lily year book, Volume 23" - Google Books
- ^ "Proceedings of the third World Orchid Conference" - Google Books
- ^ Vickers, Hugo (2006). Elizabeth: The Queen Mother. Arrow Books/Random House. p. 394. ISBN 9780099476627.
Honorary titles Preceded by
Walter Hugh CroslandHigh Sheriff of Hertfordshire
1950Succeeded by
Sir William Acland, BtPreceded by
The Viscount HampdenLord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire
1952–1961Succeeded by
Sir George BurnsCategories:- 1902 births
- 1961 deaths
- Bowes-Lyon family
- High Sheriffs of Hertfordshire
- Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- Lord-Lieutenants of Hertfordshire
- Younger sons of earls
- Scottish people stubs
- British nobility stubs
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