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Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
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Lord Strathmore and Kinghorne in 1923
Born Claude George Bowes-Lyon
(1855-03-14)14 March 1855
London, England, UK
Died 7 November 1944(1944-11-07) (aged 89)
Glamis, Scotland, UK
Title Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Tenure 16 February 1904 – 7 November 1944
Predecessor Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Successor Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Spouse(s) Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck (m. 1881; d. 1938)
Issue Violet Bowes-Lyon
Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone
Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
John Bowes-Lyon
Alexander Bowes-Lyon
Fergus Bowes-Lyon
Rose Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville
Michael Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth, Queen of the United Kingdom
Sir David Bowes-Lyon
Parents Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Frances Dora Smith

Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th and 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne KG KT GCVO TD (14 March 1855 – 7 November 1944), styled as Lord Glamis from 1865 to 1904, was a British peer and landowner who was the father of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II.

From 1937 he was known as 14th and 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, as he was the 14th Earl in the peerage of Scotland but the 1st Earl in the peerage of the United Kingdom.

Claude was born in Lowndes Square, London, the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and his wife, the former Frances Dora Smith. His younger brother Patrick Bowes-Lyon was a tennis player who won the 1887 Wimbledon doubles.

After being educated at Eton College he received a commission in the 2nd Life Guards in 1876, and served for six years until the year after his marriage. He was an active member of the Territorial Army and served as Honorary Colonel of the 4th/5th Battalion of the Black Watch.


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