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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.
Genealogy for Countess of S. Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon (Cavendish-Bentinck), Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1862 - 1938) family tree on Geni, with over 245 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- September 11, 1862
- June 23, 1938
May 8, 2023 · On 16 July 1881, she married Claude Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis, at Petersham, Surrey, and they had ten children. Claude inherited his father's title of Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne in 1904, whereupon Cecilia became Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
- Female
- September 11, 1862
- Claude George Bowes-Lyon KG KT GCVO
- June 23, 1938
Follow the Strathmore Family history timeline and see who has lived here at Glamis Castle since 1372 in an unbroken line of succession. Today, it still serves as a family home – but also as a special place for our visitors to enjoy.
Notable members of the family include: Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1749–1800), known as "The Unhappy Countess", was an 18th-century British heiress, notorious for her licentious lifestyle, who was married at one time to the 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
The Earl was born in Lowndes Square, London, the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and the former Frances Smith. His younger brother, Patrick Bowes-Lyon, was a tennis player who won the 1887 Wimbledon doubles.
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Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, née Cavendish-Bentinck, GCVO DStJ (11 September 1862 – 23 June 1938) was the mother of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and maternal gran
