Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne |
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| Born | Patrick Bowes-Lyon 22 September 1884 St Paul's Walden Bury, Hertfordshire, England |
| Died | 25 May 1949 (aged 64) Angus, Scotland, UK |
| Title | 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne |
| Tenure | 7 November 1944 – 25 May 1949 |
| 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, Master of Glamis Lady Cecilia Harington Timothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Lady Nancy Blair |
| Parents |
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck |
Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th and 2nd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (22 September 1884 – 25 May 1949) was a British nobleman and peer. He was an uncle of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
Bowes-Lyon was born on 22 September 1884 at St Paul's Walden Bury, 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 into service with the Black Watch. On 19 June 1920, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Forfarshire.
As a maternal uncle of the bride, he was a leading guest at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He died on 25 May 1949 in Angus, Scotland, aged 64.
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 and three grandchildren:
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