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Sep 19, 2022 · Claude Bowes-Lyon: The official title of the Queen’s maternal grandfather was Lord Glamis, 14th and 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. He enjoyed working on his large estates in England and...
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 2, 2020 · Queen Elizabeth’s maternal grandmother, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, the Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, sadly never lived long enough to see her granddaughter ascend to the throne as she...
Sep 8, 2023 · King Charles's great-grandmother Queen Mary was royal by birth (her great-grandfather was King George III). Despite technically being a princess of the German Duchy of Teck, she was born and...
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Sep 21, 2022 · Queen Elizabeth II's father, King George VI, was born Prince Albert, Duke of York, and according to Good Housekeeping, he was extremely proud of his daughters. But when Elizabeth was born, he wasn't even considering he might be king.
The Queen was born at 2.40am on 21 April 1926 at 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair, London, the London home of her maternal grandparents, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore. She was the first child of The Duke and Duchess of York - who later became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
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Sep 8, 2022 · Who was the Queen’s mother? Queen Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, wife of King George VI, was the noble-born daughter of Claude and Cecilia Bowes-Lyon.