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Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (March 14, 1855 - November 7, 1944), was the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II.
Lord Strathmore was born at Lowndes Square in London, the son of the 13th Earl and his wife, the former Frances Dora Smith.
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 Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne KT, (14 March 1855–7 November 1944) was the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II.
He was born at Lowndes Square in London, the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and his wife, the former Frances Smith.
From 1937 Bowes-Lyon was known as "14th and 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne," because he was the 14th Earl in the peerage of Scotland but the 1st Earl in the peerage of the United Kingdom.
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 Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title Earl of Kinghorne was created in the Peerage of Scotland 1606 for Patrick Lyon.
A second Earldom was bestowed on the fourteenth Earl in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1937, the title being Strathmore and Kinghorne.
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900 - 2002), the Queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until 1952, was the daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
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 Claude George Bowes-Lyon 1855
Claude was born om 14 March 1855, the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Frances Dora Smith.
Nina Cecilia, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was born 11 September 1862, the daughter of Reverend Charles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck and Caroline Louisa Burnaby.
Son of 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, of Glamis Castle, Forfarshire,
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Her father was HRH The Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), the second eldest son of King George V and Queen Mary.
Her mother was HRH The Duchess of York (née Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon), the daughter of Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and his wife, the Countess of Strathmore.
She was baptised in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace by Cosmo Lang, the then Archbishop of York and her godparents were King George and Queen Mary, the Princess Royal, the Duke of Connaught, the Earl of Strathmore and Lady Elphinstone.
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 Articles - Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was the fourth daughter and the ninth of ten children of Claude George Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis, (later 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne), and his wife, Nina Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck.
This unconventional registration has led to numerous rumours over the years regarding Elizabeth´s actual parentage, with some critics surmising that she actually was the daughter of Lord Strathmore by a Welsh maid, hence the unusual six-week delay in the registration of her birth.
An urban myth in the 1960s even claimed that she had been adopted by the Earl and Countess and was in fact one of twins born to a working class woman in Waterford in Ireland.
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 search.com - Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth held the distinction of being the last surviving Queen of Ireland and Empress of India, the former fact marked by the presence of the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, at her funeral.
An urban myth in the 1960s even claimed that she adopted by the Earl and Countess and was in fact one of twins born to a working class woman in Waterford in Ireland.
The Queen Mother's coat of arms were the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom impaled with the arms of those of her father, Earl of Strathmore.
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 Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Queen Elizabeth (August 4, 1900 - March 30, 2002), born Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, was the Queen consort and wife of King George VI, last Queen-Empress of India, last Queen of Ireland and mother of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret.
Born in 1900 at St Paul's Waldenbury, the Hertfordshire house of her parents, Sir Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and his wife, Nina Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck, she was the ninth of ten children.
Born and brought up a 'commoner', she spent much of her childhood at the family's English country home in Hertfordshire and in Scotland at Glamis Castle.
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 (16th) Baron Elphinstone 1869
Lord Elphinstone was born on 27 July 1869, the son of William Buller Fullerton Elphinstone, 15th Baron Elphinstone and Constance Euphemia Woronzow Murray, at the family seat of Carberry Tower, Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
Lady Mary was born on 30 August 1883, the daughter of Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Nina Cecilie Cavendish-Bentinck.
She was Lady Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon, second daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and an elder sister of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
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 HM QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER - SCOTTISH CONNECTIONS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Queen Mother was born the Honourable Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon on the 4th August 1900 fourth daughter of Lord Glamis, later 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
Overlooking the Orkneys on the north coast of Scotland, the castle was built in the 16th Century by George, 4th Earl of Caithness.
Sinclair Earls of Caithness - not only did George, 4th Earl of Caithness build the Castle of Mey, but an earlier ancestor, Sir Henry Sinclair of Roslin, who supported King Robert the Bruce and was a signatory to the Scottish Barons' letter to the Pope 1320.
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 Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
For example the Lyons are related through marriage to the Grahams (Dukes of Montrose), the Keiths (Earls Marischal), the Grays (Barons Gray) and the Scrymgeours (Earls of Dundee).
In 1767, John Lyon, 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, married Mary Eleanor Bowes, daughter and heiress of George Bowes of Streatlam Castle and Gibside, Durham.
Hence the Queen Mother's arms, she was the youngest daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
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 The Name of Lyon ~ 1
Clan Lyon is perhaps most famous today as the clan into which HM The Queen Mother was born (August 4th, 1900) as the youngest daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, the Clan Chief.
Her surname was Bowes-Lyon, acknowledging the family of the heiress Mary Eleanor who married the 9th Earl and brought with her the fortune of her father George Bowes, the owner of Streatham Castle.
(The 9th Earl and his children took the surname of Bowes in place of Lyon, which left the clan chiefless; the 11th Earl changed this to Lyon-Bowes; and the 13th Earl made the final change to Bowes-Lyon.)
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 The Last Empress
Surprisingly, owing to the Lyon heir having married into English families for six successive generations, of her 64 great-great-great-great-grandparents the 49 we have identified include only one Scot, the 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne ~ d.
Henry Bentinck, Earl and later Duke of Portland ~ d.
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Born in 1855, he became Lord Glamis in 1865 until 1904 when he became 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
He was President of the Angus T.A. Association; G.C.V.O. 1928 and K. Lord Strathmore was an old-fashioned country squire who was very proud of his long moustache.
Lord Strathmore died at the end of the second World War in 1944 aged eighty-nine.
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 Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother > Early history, 1900-1936
She was the fourth daughter of Lord Glamis, later 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
The Bowes-Lyon family is descended from the Royal House of Scotland, and The Queen Mother remained proud of her Scottish ancestry throughout her life.
Lady Elizabeth was educated at home By the age of 10, she was fluent in French.
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 A Norfolk tribute to HRH The Queen Mother
She was the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne’s youngest daughter, the ninth of a family of 10.
The young Lady Elizabeth was educated at home by a governess, apart from just two terms spent at a day school in London, and by the age of 10 she was fluent in French and also became an accomplished pianist.
The future king romantically proposed in the woods surrounding the Strathmore home in Hertfordshire and, when the news was made public soon after, it led the young bride-to-be to write the following message to a friend: “I feel very happy, but quite dazed.
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 thePeerage.com - Charlotte Augusta Hanover, Princess of Wales and others
     Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore was born on 14 March 1855 in Lowndes Square, Belgravia, London, England.
He was the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Frances Dora Smith.
She married Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore, son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Frances Dora Smith, on 16 July 1881 in Petersham, London, England.
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 Queen Mum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
When her father, the Scottish Lord Glamis, became the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, she became known as Lady Elizabeth.
Lady Elizabeth was educated privately at home, as was the practice for girls of her class.
Her family was descended from the medieval Scottish King Robert the Bruce and the family seat, Glamis Castle, was once the home of Macbeth.
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 BBC - h2g2 - HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother - Her Early Years (1900 - 1923)
Lady Strathmore was devastated and withdrew from the running of her hospital.
Elizabeth was a very attractive young lady and at the end of the war, Lady Strathmore took no time in organising a coming out dance for her youngest child.
The Strathmore's, however, would not merely be attracted by Royal privilege, indeed the Earl had objected to the behaviour of the Prince's grandfather Edward VII while he was Prince of Wales.
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 CBSNews.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was the mother of Queen Elizabeth II, the present British sovereign, and the widow of the late King George VI.
She was born the Honourable Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon on 4 August 1900 (daughter of Lord Glamis, later 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne) and spent her early childhood at St Paul's Waldenbury in Hertfordshire, north of the capital.
By the age of 10, she was fluent in French.
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She was the daughter of Lord Glamis, later 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
The Duke and Duchess of York would be the proud parents of two daughters: Princess Elizabeth, born on 21st April 1926 at the Strathmore's London home and Princess Margaret Rose, born on 21st August 1930 at Glamis Castle.
As the Duke and Duchess of York, the couple made many overseas visits, attending various family events in the European Royal Families and representing the King and Britain all over Europe.
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 Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Encyclopedia Article @ 216.92.11.26 ()   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Encyclopedia Article @ 216.92.11.26 ()
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 Townsend Geneology from C. E. Moreton
Earl of Warwick (ancester of Queen Elizabeth II) [DWT]
Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne, K.G., K.T. child: Cavendish-Bentinck, Queen Elizabeth
Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne, K.G., K.T. mother: Cavendish-Bentinck, Nina Cecilia
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Nina Bowes-Lyon (née Cavendish-Bentinck), Countess of Strathmore (1862-1938).
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 Descendants of William the Conqueror
Father: Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
Father: Claude George Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
Timothy Patrick Bowes-Lyon 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
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 Queen Mum 100
Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was born on August 4th, 1900 as a daughter of Sir Claude George Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1855-1944) and Nina Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck (1862-1938).
Six weeks later her father gave notice of the birth of his daughter at the registrar’s office, much too late.
In the evening the Queen Mother and her daughters Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret attended a performance of the Kirov Ballet dance at the Royal Opera House in London.
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 Queen Mother Dies At 101
She was born Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon - daughter of a Scottish earl.
Seen recently on her 101st birthday with her large family, the mother of the current British Queen Elizabeth 2 was an enduring symbol of the old-style royalty.
The ninth of 10 children of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, she was born on August 4th, 1900.
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 TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Postponed -- Jul 4, 1938   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The 75-year-old mistress of vast, gloomy, allegedly haunted Glamis (pronounced Glarms) Castle in Scotland, legendary scene of Macbeth's murder of Duncan, died of heart disease last week in London.
She was the hardworking, domestic, society-shunning Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, wife of the 83-year-old 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
Descendant of England's famed Cavendish and Bentinck families, the daughter of a clergyman grandson of the.
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 decendants of Sir John Lyon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Claude George Bowes-Lyon -------- [23577] 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne b.1855 d.1944 Nina Cecilia Cavendish-Bentin --- [23647] wife of Claude George Bowes-Lyon
Patrick Lyon [23598] ------------ 9th lord of Glamis 1st earl of Kinghorm b.1575 d.1615 Anne Murray [23629] ------------- of Tullibardine m.1595 d.1618 wife of Patrick Lyon, 9th lord of Glamis, 1st earl of Kinghorn
John Lyon [23596] --------------- 2nd earl of Kinghorn b.1596 d.1646 Lady Margaret Erskine ----------- [23648] of Mar m.1619 wife of John Lyon, 2nd earl of Kinghorne
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 Boston.com / Latest News / World
4, 1900 -- Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon born in London, ninth child of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
The former Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, daughter of a Scottish earl, was married in 1923 to Prince Albert, Duke of York, second son of King George V. They had two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, and lived quietly until 1936.
The duke's elder brother succeeded to the throne that January as King Edward VIII, and by mid-December had abdicated to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
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