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Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th and 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, KG, KT, GCVO, TD (14 March 1855 – 7 November 1944), styled as Lord Glamis from 1865 to 1904, was a British peer and landowner who was the father of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II .
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, (1855–1944) was a landowner, and the father of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Patrick Bowes-Lyon (1863–1946), younger brother of the 14th Earl, winner of the 1887 Wimbledon doubles.
Oct 10, 2023 · Claude George Bowes-Lyon was the 14th and 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (Scottish and UK peerage). The son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, he succeeded his father to the earldom in February 1904. Along with the earldom, he got quite a few estates as an inheritance.
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1824–1904) – brother of the 12th Earl, created Baron Bowes in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1887; Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th and 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1855–1944) – maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II.
When Claude George Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was born on 14 March 1855, in Royal Borough of Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Claude George Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was 30 and his mother, Frances Dora Smith, was 22.
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View 14 portraits of Claude Bowes-Lyon, the landowner and grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II, from the National Portrait Gallery collection. See his wedding photos, christening photos and other images of him and his family.
A biography of the landowner and politician who became the first earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne in the United Kingdom. The article is available only to subscribers of Oxford University Press.
