John Bowes-Lyon
Forfarshire | |
|---|---|
| In office 1920–1921 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Herbert Bowes-Lyon 1 April 1886 |
| Died | 7 February 1930 (aged 43) Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland |
| Resting place | St Paul's Walden Bury, Hertfordshire, England |
| Spouse |
The Hon. Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis
(m. 1914) |
| Children | 5 incl. Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck (mother) |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Stockbroker at Rowe & Pitman |
| Cricket information | |
| Bowling | fast-medium |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1906-07 | Oxford University |
| Military career | |
| Service/ | Territorial Army |
The Hon. John Herbert Bowes-Lyon (1 April 1886 – 7 February 1930) was the second son of the
Early life
John Bowes-Lyon was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford,[2] where he played first-class cricket for the university side in three matches in 1906 and 1907, playing as a fast-medium bowler.[3]
Marriage and children
On 29 September 1914, Bowes-Lyon married the Hon. Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (19 August 1889 – 19 July 1966), the younger daughter of Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton. They had five daughters:
- Patricia Bowes-Lyon (6 July 1916 – 18 June 1917) died in infancy
- Anne Ferelith Fenella Bowes-Lyon (4 December 1917 – 26 September 1980) married, on 28 April 1938, Lt.-Col. Thomas William Arnold Anson, Viscount Anson (4 May 1913 – 8 March 1958), son of the fourth Earl of Lichfield; they were divorced in 1948. They had two children. Anne remarried Prince Georg of Denmark (16 April 1920 – 29 September 1986) on 16 September 1950.
- Lady Elizabeth Shakerley, nee The Hon. Elizabeth Georgiana Anson
- Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield
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- Diana Cinderella Mildred Bowes-Lyon (14 December 1923 – 20 May 1986) married Peter Gordon Colin Somervell (5 May 1910 – 14 October 1993) on 24 February 1960. They had one daughter:
- Katherine Somervell (23 August 1961) is a god-daughter of Queen Elizabeth II. She married Robert W. P. Lagneau in 1991.
- Katherine Somervell (23 August 1961) is a god-daughter of
- Katherine Juliet Bowes-Lyon (4 July 1926 – 23 February 2014).[5]
World War I
Before the outbreak of
Death
Bowes-Lyon died at the family home of Glamis Castle just after midnight on the morning of 7 February 1930 of pneumonia, aged 43, leaving his widow to care for their four young children. (Two of them, Nerissa and Katherine, were severely mentally disabled.)[7] Three days later he was buried at St Paul's Walden Bury.[8]
Bowes-Lyon's widow was a leading guest at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten.[9] She outlived him by thirty-six years and died on 19 July 1966, aged 76.
References
- ^ a b Andrew Morton, "Theirs is the kingdom: the wealth of the British royal family", Publisher Summit Books, 1989, page 86)
- ^ BOWES-LYON, Hon. John, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
- ^ "Player Profile: John Bowes-Lyon". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ As per the inscription on the tombstone marker of her grave in Redstone cemetery
- ^ "Peace at last for the Queen's cousin". at The Telegraph
- ^ "No. 31953". The London Gazette. 25 June 1920. p. 6879.
- ^ "Queen Mother's niece by marriage has pauper's funeral". Telegraph, By Chris Hastings, David Bamber and Susan Bisset. 14 April 2002
- ^ Vickers, Hugo, Elizabeth: The Queen Mother (Arrow Books/Random House, 2006) p.112
- ^ Royal Collection: Seating plan for the Ball Supper Room