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Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne

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58: 1478: 296: 330:. Cecilia was a gregarious and accomplished hostess who played the piano exceptionally well. Her houses were run with meticulous care and a practical approach, and she was responsible for designing the Italian Garden at Glamis. She was deeply religious, a keen gardener and embroiderer, and preferred a quiet family life. 365:(later Princess of Denmark), to Viscount Anson. She died 8 weeks later at 38 Cumberland Mansions, near Bryanston Square in London, at the age of 75. Lady Strathmore outlived four of her ten children. She was buried on 27 June 1938 at 337:, Glamis Castle served as a convalescent hospital for the wounded, in which she took an active part until she developed cancer and was forced into invalidity. In October 1921 she underwent a 597: 17: 485: 445: 177: 601: 308: 136: 1508: 63: 1388: 1365: 709: 350: 285: 1513: 245: 47: 535: 651:
and empress consort of India in 1936, and in later life, after the death of her husband, she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
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General Register Office, England and Wales Jul–Sep 1881 Richmond, Surrey vol. 2a, p. 549; White, G. H. (1953)
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Lady Strathmore suffered a heart attack in April 1938 during the wedding of her granddaughter,
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Known as Jock, he married The Hon. Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (daughter of
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Portraits of (Cecilia) Nina Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne
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The Strathmore estates included two grand houses and their surroundings:
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in 1904, whereupon Cecilia became Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
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Ancestors of Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne
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wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
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Davies, Edward J., "Some Connections of the Birds of Warwickshire",
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Known as Alec, he died in his sleep of a tumour at the base of the
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Lieutenant-Colonel The Hon. Michael Claude Hamilton Bowes-Lyon
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Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton
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Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
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Fergus Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
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Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
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wedding of Prince Albert and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
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Nina Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne
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Their children were 388: 206:Elizabeth, Queen of the United Kingdom 196:Rose Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville 1265:Thursday, 23 June 1938; p. 16; col. D 1189:Civil Registration Indexes: Marriages 1118: 1108: 1104: 1092: 1086: 1076: 1063: 1053: 1049: 1033: 1027: 1017: 1004: 994: 990: 978: 972: 962: 949: 939: 935: 911: 901: 885: 875: 871: 859: 853: 843: 827: 817: 813: 797: 791: 781: 765: 755: 751: 739: 733: 723: 707: 703: 493:The Hon. Alexander Francis Bowes-Lyon 1368:. The Daily Telegraph. 30 March 2012 1251: 284:(grandson of British Prime Minister 152: 794:Reverend Charles Cavendish-Bentinck 471:Lieutenant The Hon. John Bowes-Lyon 397:The Hon. Violet Hyacinth Bowes-Lyon 24: 1452:(Arrow Books/Random House, 2006); 1435:(Headline Book Publishing, 1999); 515:Captain The Hon. Fergus Bowes-Lyon 463:George Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds 280:, the eldest daughter of the Rev. 173:Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone 25: 1570: 1474:National Portrait Gallery, London 1463: 532:Lady Christian Norah Dawson-Damer 62:The Countess in 1923, during the 27:British peeress (1862–1938) 639:In 1923, she married the future 317:Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 258:Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1380: 1358: 1349: 1340: 1317: 1295: 1286: 736:Lord Charles Cavendish-Bentinck 590:Holzminden prisoner-of-war camp 446:Patrick Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis 378: 148: 76:Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck 1366:"The Queen Mother in pictures" 1277: 1268: 1242: 1233: 1224: 1206:"When Lord Strathmore Married" 1198: 1182: 1173: 548:Lady Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon 309:Claude Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis 13: 1: 1166: 950:12. Edwyn Andrew Burnaby, Sr. 657:The Hon. Sir David Bowes-Lyon 347:Edward VIII abdication crisis 307:On 16 July 1881, she married 66:, her son-in-law and daughter 1549:20th-century Scottish people 1539:19th-century Scottish people 423:Lady Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon 313:St Peter's Church, Petersham 7: 1554:20th-century Scottish women 1544:19th-century Scottish women 1450:Elizabeth: The Queen Mother 1305:. 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Thomas Salisbury 610:Albemarle Bowes-Lyon 211:Sir David Bowes-Lyon 187:Alexander Bowes-Lyon 37:The Right Honourable 1504:Scottish countesses 1499:British countesses 1263:The Times (London) 645:Queen Elizabeth II 413:and was buried at 305: 254:Cavendish-Bentinck 201:Michael Bowes-Lyon 1494:Bowes-Lyon family 1458:978-0-09-947662-7 1441:978-0-7472-7387-5 1239:Forbes, pp. 9, 28 1163: 1162: 1159: 1158: 674: 673: 664:13 September 1961 523:27 September 1915 451:22 September 1884 239: 238: 191:Fergus Bowes-Lyon 169:Violet Bowes-Lyon 114:, London, England 86:11 September 1862 16:(Redirected from 1566: 1559:Wives of knights 1480: 1431:Forbes, Grania, 1428:, 26(2012):58–76 1412: 1411: 1409: 1407: 1384: 1378: 1377: 1375: 1373: 1362: 1356: 1355:Vickers, p. 320. 1353: 1347: 1344: 1338: 1335: 1324: 1321: 1315: 1314: 1312: 1310: 1299: 1293: 1290: 1284: 1281: 1275: 1272: 1266: 1260: 1249: 1246: 1240: 1237: 1231: 1228: 1222: 1221: 1219: 1217: 1202: 1196: 1186: 1180: 1177: 1119:15. 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Nina Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne
The Right Honourable
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wedding of Prince Albert and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Belgravia
Middlesex
Marylebone
Glamis Castle
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone
Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
John Bowes-Lyon
Fergus Bowes-Lyon
Rose Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville
Michael Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth, Queen of the United Kingdom
Sir David Bowes-Lyon
Charles Cavendish-Bentinck
Caroline Louisa Burnaby
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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Queen Elizabeth II
Belgravia
Westminster
Charles Cavendish-Bentinck
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
Louisa

Philip de László

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