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Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne GCVO (née Cavendish-Bentinck; 11 September 1862 – 23 June 1938) was the mother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and maternal grandmother and godmother of Queen Elizabeth II.
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the youngest daughter and the ninth of ten children of Claude Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis (later the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne in the Peerage of Scotland), and his wife, Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck.
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 .
NameBirthDeathAgeThe Hon. Violet Hyacinth Bowes-Lyon17 April 188217 October 189311 years30 August 18838 February 196177 years22 September 188425 May 194964 years1 April 18867 February 193043 yearsSep 11, 2018 · Learn about the life and legacy of Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, the mother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the maternal grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II. Find out about her family, her houses, her hobbies, her health and her role in the royal family.
Dec 2, 2023 · Cecilia Bowes-Lyon Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was a British noblewoman, the mother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and the maternal grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II, renowned for her stewardship of the Strathmore estates and her philanthropic work during World War I.
Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne GCVO DStJ (née Cavendish-Bentinck; 11 September 1862 – 23 June 1938) was the mother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and maternal grandmother and godmother of Queen Elizabeth II.
(Cecilia) Nina Bowes-Lyon (née Cavendish-Bentinck), Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1862-1938), Mother of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother and grandmother of Elizabeth II. Sitter in 5 portraits