Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
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in 1606 for Patrick Lyon. In 1677, the designation of the earldom changed to "Strathmore and Kinghorne". A second Earldom was bestowed on the fourteenth Earl in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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in 1937, the title being Strathmore and Kinghorne. The consort of any incumbent would be known as the Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
Aside from the Earldoms, the Earl holds the subsidiary titles: Viscount Lyon (created 1677), Lord Glamis, Tannadyce, Sidlaw and Strathditchie (1677), Lord Glamis (1445), Lord Lyon and Glamis (1607) and Baron Bowes (1887). An earlier creation of Baron Bowes (1815), in favour of the 10th Earl became extinct on his death in 1821. The first three are in the Peerage of Scotland; the last two in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The eldest son of the Earl uses Lord Glamis as a courtesy title
Courtesy title
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. Normally, the highest subsidiary title (in this case Viscount Lyon) would be used, but the same is not done so as not to cause confusion with the Lord Lyon
Lord Lyon King of Arms
The Lord Lyon King of Arms, the head of Lyon Court, is the most junior of the Great Officers of State in Scotland and is the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that country, issuing new grants of arms, and serving as the judge of the Court of the Lord Lyon, the oldest...
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Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...
(1900–2002), the Queen consort
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of King George VI
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from 1936 until 1952, and mother of the present Sovereign, was the daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne.
The family seat is Glamis Castle
Glamis Castle
Glamis Castle is situated beside the village of Glamis in Angus, Scotland. It is the home of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and is open to the public....
, in Angus
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, Scotland
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Lord Glamis (1445)
- Patrick Lyon, 1st Lord GlamisPatrick Lyon, 1st Lord GlamisPatrick Lyon, 1st Lord Glamis P.C., a Scottish nobleman, created Lord Glamis on 28 June 1445. He was son of John Lyon, 1st Master of Glamis, and Elizabeth Graham, daughter of Sir Patrick Graham of Dundaff and Kincardine, and of Euphemia Stewart, Countess of Strathearn.He was hostage in England for...
(d. 1459) - Alexander Lyon, 2nd Lord Glamis (d. 1486)
- John Lyon, 3rd Lord Glamis (d. 1497)
- John Lyon, 4th Lord Glamis (d. 1500)
- George Lyon, 5th Lord Glamis (d. 1505)
- John Lyon, 6th Lord Glamis (d. 1528)
- John Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis (d. 1558) (forfeit in 1537 but restored in 1543)
- John Lyon, 8th Lord Glamis (d. 1578): see also Thomas Lyon (of Auldbar)Thomas Lyon (of Auldbar)Sir Thomas Lyon, Master of Glammis was a Scottish nobleman and official, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland.-Master of Glamis:...
, Master of Glamis. - Patrick Lyon, 9th Lord Glamis (1575–1615) (created Earl of Kinghorne in 1606)
Earls of Kinghorne (1606)
- Patrick Lyon, 1st Earl of Kinghorne (1575–1615)
- John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Kinghorne (1596–1646)
- Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of KinghornePatrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and KinghornePatrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was a Scottish peer and the son of John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Kinghorne....
(1643–1695) (designation of the earldom changed to "Strathmore and Kinghorne")
Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1677)
- Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and KinghornePatrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and KinghornePatrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was a Scottish peer and the son of John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Kinghorne....
(1643–1695) - John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneJohn Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneJohn Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was a Scottish peer and the son of Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. He was succeeded by his son, John as Earl....
(1663–1712)- Patrick Lyon, Lord Glamis (1692–1709)
- Philip Lyon, Lord Glamis (1693–1712)
- John Lyon, 5th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneJohn Lyon, 5th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneJohn Lyon, 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was a Scottish peer and the son of John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. He died fighting with the Jacobites in The Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715...
(1696–1715) - Charles Lyon, 6th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneCharles Lyon, 6th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneCharles Lyon, 6th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was a Scottish peer and the son of John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore. His exact date of birth is unknown but he was baptised on 12 July 1699....
(c. 1699–1728) - brother of the 5th Earl - James Lyon, 7th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneJames Lyon, 7th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneJames Lyon, 7th Earl of Strathmore was a Scottish peer and freemason.He was the son of John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Lady Elizabeth Stanhope....
(c. 1702–1735) - brother of the 5th and 6th Earls - Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneThomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneThomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore was the son of John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Lady Elizabeth Stanhope.On 20 July 1736, he married Jean Nicholsen, at Houghton-le-Spring. They had seven children:...
(1704–1753) - brother of the 5th, 6th and 7th Earls - John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneJohn Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneJohn Bowes , born John Lyon, was the 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and one of the ancestors of the Queen Mother. His father was Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and his mother was the former Jean Nicholsen.In 1767 he married Mary Eleanor Bowes, and upon the request of the...
(1737–1776) - John Lyon-Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1769–1820)
- Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 11th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneThomas Lyon-Bowes, 11th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneThomas Lyon-Bowes, 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was the third son of John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne...
(1773–1846) - brother of the 10th Earl- Thomas George Lyon-Bowes, Lord GlamisThomas Lyon-Bowes, Lord GlamisThomas George Lyon-Bowes, Lord Glamis was an heir to the Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne. He was the only son of Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Mary Elizabeth Louisa Rodney Carpenter...
(1801–1834)- Hon. Thomas Lyon-Bowes (1821–1821)
- Thomas George Lyon-Bowes, Lord Glamis
- Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 12th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneThomas Lyon-Bowes, 12th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneThomas Lyon-Bowes, 12th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was the eldest surviving son of Thomas George Lyon-Bowes, Lord Glamis and his wife Charlotte Grimstead....
(1822–1865) - grandson of the 11th Earl - Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneClaude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneClaude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne , styled The Honourable from 1847 to 1865, was a British peer. He was the 13th holder of the Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne....
(1824–1904) - brother of the 12th Earl - Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneClaude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneClaude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, KG, KT, GCVO, TD, was a landowner and the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II....
(1855–1944) - maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth IIElizabeth II of the United KingdomElizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,... - Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and KinghornePatrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and KinghornePatrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was an uncle of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.-Biography:...
(1884–1949) - maternal uncle of Queen Elizabeth II- John Patrick Bowes-Lyon, Master of Glamis (1910–1941)
- Timothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneTimothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneTimothy Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was a British nobleman, the second son of Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and the nephew of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, wife of King George VI...
(1918–1972) - first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II - Michael Claude Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneMichael Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneFergus Michael Claude Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne , was a nephew of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. He was a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret....
(1928–1987) - grandson of the 14th Earl, first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and of the 16th Earl - Michael Fergus Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneMichael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneMichael Fergus Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, DL , is a former politician in the House of Lords and former British Army officer.-Family and Background:...
(b. 1957)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
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is the present holder's son Simon Patrick Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis (b. 1986)