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Frances Dora Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (née Smith; 29 July 1832 – 5 February 1922) was a British noblewoman. She was the paternal grandmother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and thus a great-grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II.
Mar 27, 2024 · On 28 September 1853, she married Claude Bowes-Lyon. He became the 13th holder of the Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne following the death of his brother Thomas in 1865. Frances then assumed the title and style of Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Together the couple had 11 children.
Frances then assumed the title and style of Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Together the couple had 11 children: Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne+ b. 14 Mar 1855, d. 7 Nov 1944
- Female
- July 29, 1832
- Claude George Bowes-Lyon
- February 5, 1922
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.
NameBirth [11]DeathAgeThe Hon. Violet Hyacinth Bowes-Lyon17 April 188217 October 189311 years30 August 18838 February 196177 years22 September 188425 May 194964 years1 April 18867 February 193043 yearsFrances Dora Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne Bowes-Lyon (Smith) (29 Jul 1832 - 5 Feb 1922)
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 .
When Lady Constance Frances Bowes-Lyon was born on 8 October 1865, in Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Claude George Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was 41 and her mother, Frances Dora Smith, was 33.
