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

The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
The Earl, c. 1940
Born	Patrick Bowes-Lyon 22 September 1884(1884-09-22) Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Died	25 May 1949(1949-05-25) (aged 64) Angus, Scotland
Title	15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Tenure	7 November 1944 – 25 May 1949 (&100000000000000040000004 years, &10000000000000199000000199 days)
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 Cecilia Bowes-Lyon Timothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Nancy Bowes-Lyon
Parents	Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck

Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (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 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire to Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck. 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 in to service with the Black Watch. He died on 25 May 1949 in Angus, Scotland.

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), married Major Kenneth Harington, no issue
• Timothy Patrick Bowes-Lyon (18 March 1918 – 13 September 1972), styled Master of Glamis from 1941, Lord Glamis from 1944, and later 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne; married Bridget Brennan, had one daughter who died in infancy
• Lady Nancy Moira Bowes-Lyon (18 March 1918 – 11 February 1959), married firstly Lance Percy Burra-Robinson; secondly John Blair; had two sons from her first marriage:
  • Christopher Patrick Burra-Robinson (born 6 August 1941)
  • Simon Lance Burra-Robinson (born 5 August 1945)

Ancestry

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Claude Bowes-Lyon	Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne	Succeeded by Timothy Bowes-Lyon