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Biography of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 1855-1944

Paternal Family Tree: Lyon

Maternal Family Tree: Henrietta Mildred Hodgson 1805-1891

1915 Battle of Loos

1923 Wedding of George VI and Elizabeth Bowes Lyon

On 28th September 1853 [his father] Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 29) and [his mother] Frances Dora Smith Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 21) were married.

On 14th March 1855 Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 30) and Frances Dora Smith Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 22) at Lowndes Square, Belgravia.

On 16th July 1881 Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 26) and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 18) were married at the Church of St Peter Petersham, Surrey. He the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 56) and Frances Dora Smith Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 48).

On 17th April 1882 [his daughter] Violet Hyacinth Bowes-Lyon was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 27) and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 19).

On 30th August 1883 [his daughter] Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon Lady Elphinstone was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 28) and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 20).

On 22nd September 1884 [his son] Patrick Bowes-Lyon 15th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 29) and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 22) at St Paul's Walden Bury, Hertfordshire.

On 1st April 1886 [his son] John "Jock" Bowes-Lyon was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 31) and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 23).

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 14th April 1887 [his son] Alexander Francis Bowes-Lyon was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 32) and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 24).

On 18th April 1889 [his son] Fergus Bowes-Lyon was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 34) and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 26).

On 6th May 1890 [his daughter] Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 35) and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 27).

On 1st October 1893 [his son] Michael Claude Bowes-Lyon was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 38) and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 31).

On 17th October 1893 [his daughter] Violet Hyacinth Bowes-Lyon (age 11) died of diptherea.

On 4th August 1900 [his daughter] Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 45) and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 37).

On 2nd May 1902 [his son] David Bowes-Lyon was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 47) and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 39).

On 16th February 1904 [his father] Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 79) died at Bordighera, Imperia. His son Claude (age 48) succeeded 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne. [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 41) by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne.

On 21st November 1908 [his son] Patrick Bowes-Lyon 15th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Dorothy Beatrix Godolphin Osborne (age 19) were married. She the daughter of George Godolphin Osborne 10th Duke Leeds (age 46) and Katherine Frances Lambton Duchess Leeds (age 46). He the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 53) and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 46). They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 24th July 1910 [his son-in-law] Sidney Herbet Buller Fullerton Elphinstone 16th Lord Elphinstone (age 40) and [his daughter] Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon Lady Elphinstone (age 26) were married. She the daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 55) and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 47).

On 19th October 1911 [his son] Alexander Francis Bowes-Lyon (age 24) died.

On 17th September 1914 [his son] Fergus Bowes-Lyon (age 25) and [his daughter-in-law] Christian Dawson Damer (age 24) were married. He the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 59) and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 52).

On 29th September 1914 [his son] John "Jock" Bowes-Lyon (age 28) and [his daughter-in-law] Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (age 25) were married. He the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 59) and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 52). They were fifth cousins.

Battle of Loos

On 27th September 1915 [his son] Fergus Bowes-Lyon (age 26) was killed in action during the Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt in the Battle of Loos. As he led an attack on the German lines, his leg was blown off by a barrage of German artillery and he fell back into his sergeant's arms. Bullets struck him in the chest and shoulder and he died on the field.

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 24th May 1916 [his son-in-law] William Leveson-Gower 4th Earl Granville (age 35) and [his daughter] Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Countess Granville (age 26) were married. She the daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 61) and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 53). He the son of Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville and Sophia Castila Rosamund Campbell Countess Granville (age 68). They were third cousin once removed.

On 5th February 1922 [his mother] Frances Dora Smith Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 89) died.

Wedding of George VI and Elizabeth Bowes Lyon

On 26th April 1923 [his son-in-law] King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 27) and [his daughter] Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 22) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She the daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 68) and [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 60). He the son of King George V of the United Kingdom (age 57) and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 55).

[his granddaughter] Mary Elphinstone (age 12) and [his granddaughter] Cecilia Bowes-Lyon (age 11) were bridesmaids.

On 7th February 1930 [his son] John "Jock" Bowes-Lyon (age 43) died.

1931. Philip de László (age 61). Portrait of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 75).

In 1937 Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 81) was appointed 886th Knight of the Garter by [his son-in-law] King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 41). for being the Queen Consort's father.

On 23rd June 1938 [his wife] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 75) died.

On 7th November 1944 Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 89) died. His son [his son] Patrick (age 60) succeeded 15th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne. [his daughter-in-law] Dorothy Beatrix Godolphin Osborne (age 55) by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne.

Royal Ancestors of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 1855-1944

Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 26 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 24 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 1855-1944

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Ancestors of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 1855-1944

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Lyon 4th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Lyon 8th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stanhope Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Lyon 9th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jean Nicholson

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bowes of Streatlam

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Bowes

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blakiston

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Bowes Countess Strathmore

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Gilbert

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Gilbert

GrandFather: Thomas George Lyon Bowes 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Carpenter

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Louisa Elizabeth Rodney Carpenter

Father: Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Joseph Valentine Grimstead

GrandMother: Charlotte Grimstead

Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Smith

Great x 3 Grandfather: Abel Smith

Great x 2 Grandfather: Abel Smith

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Smith

GrandFather: Oswald Smith

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Mosley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Mosley

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Parker Mosley 1st Baronet

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Mary Mosley

Mother: Frances Dora Smith Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Hodgson

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Hodgson of Congleton

Great x 1 Grandfather: Reverend Robert Hodgson

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Porteus Senior

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Porteus Junior

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mildred Smith

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mildred Porteus

GrandMother: Henrietta Mildred Hodgson