David Bowes-Lyon

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Sir David Bowes-Lyon KCVO (2 May 1902–13 September 1961) was the sixth son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck. His sister Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married Prince Albert, the second son of King George V, in 1923 and became Queen Consort on the abdication of his brother King Edward VIII in 1936.

On 6 February 1929, he married Rachel Pauline Clay and they had two children:

During World War II, David was a member of the secret propaganda department Political Warfare Executive. He was Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire from 1952 until his death.

He died at his sister's home, Birkhall, on the Balmoral estate, of a heart attack after suffering from hemiplegia. The Queen Mother discovered him dead in bed.[1] The funeral was held at Ballater, and he was buried at St Paul's Walden Bury.

[edit] Ancestry

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Thomas George Lyon-Bowes, Lord Glamis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Mary Elizabeth Louisa Carpenter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Joseph Valentine Grimstead
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Charlotte Grimstead
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Charlotte Sarah Jane Walsh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. George Smith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Oswald Smith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Frances Mary Mosley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Frances Dora Smith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Robert Hodgson, Dean of Carlisle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Henrietta Hodgson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Mary Tucker
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. David Bowes-Lyon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Lord William Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Dorothy Cavendish
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Charles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Anne Wellesley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Edwyn Andrew Burnaby
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Edwyn Burnaby
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Mary Browne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Caroline Louisa Burnaby
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Thomas Salisbury
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Anne Caroline Salisbury
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Frances Webb
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] References

  1. ^ Vickers, Hugo (2006). Elizabeth: The Queen Mother. Arrow Books/Random House, p.394. ISBN 9780099476627. 
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