David Bowes-Lyon
The Honourable Sir David Bowes-Lyon | |
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High Sheriff of Hertfordshire | |
In office 1950 | |
Monarch | George VI |
Prime Minister | Clement Attlee |
Preceded by | Walter Hugh Crosland |
Succeeded by | Sir William Acland, Bt |
Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire | |
In office 1952–1961 | |
Monarchs | George VI Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan |
Preceded by | The Viscount Hampden |
Succeeded by | Sir George Burns |
Personal details | |
Born | 2 May 1902 |
Died | 13 September 1961 St. Paul's Walden Bury | (aged 59)
Spouse |
Rachel Spender-Clay (m. 1929) |
Children | Davina Dalrymple, Countess of Stair Simon Bowes-Lyon |
Parent(s) | Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck |
Relatives | Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (sister) Elizabeth II (niece) Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (niece) |
Sir David Bowes-Lyon
Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck. He was the younger brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and uncle to Queen Elizabeth II.[2]
Marriage and issue
On 6 February 1929, David Bowes-Lyon married Rachel Pauline Spender-Clay (19 January 1907 – 21 January 1996), younger daughter of
Herbert Henry Spender-Clay
, they had two children:
- Davina Katherine Bowes-Lyon (2 May 1930 – 1 November 2017); married on 14 January 1960 John Aymer Dalrymple, Viscount Dalrymple, later 13th Earl of Stair (9 October 1906 – 26 February 1996).
- Sir Simon Alexander Bowes-Lyon (born 17 June 1932); married Caroline Mary Viktoria Pike (born 27 September 1940) on 11 April 1966
Later life
During World War II, Bowes-Lyon 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 1 July 1952[3] until his death.
On 15 December 1948, Bowes-Lyon attended the
King Haakon VII of Norway, Queen Mary, Princess Margaret, the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven, Patricia, Lady Brabourne, and Prince George of Greece and Denmark. [4]
As a keen gardener, Bowes-Lyon was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour in 1953 and served as president of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1953 to 1961.[5][6] In 1960, he commanded the third World Orchid Conference.[7]
Bowes-Lyon was made a
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1959 Birthday Honours
.
Death
Bowes-Lyon died at his sister Elizabeth's home,
hemiplegia on 13 September 1961, aged 59. The Queen Mother discovered him dead in bed.[8] The funeral was held at Ballater, and he was buried at St Paul's Walden Bury
. His widow died thirty-four years later on 21 January 1996, aged 89.
Ancestry
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References
- ISBN 9780718126001. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ Gardeners Chronicle & New Horticulturist. Haymarket Publishing. 1954. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ "No. 239587". The London Gazette. 1 July 1952. p. 3587.
- ^ "The Christening of Prince Charles". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ISBN 978-0-19-212944-4. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ The Lily Year Book. Royal Horticultural Society. 1959. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ Proceedings of the Third World Orchid Conference. Royal Horticultural Society. 1960. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-09-947662-7.