David Bowes-Lyon
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Sir David Bowes-Lyon KCVO (2 May 1902–13 September 1961) was the sixth son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck. His sister Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married Prince Albert, the second son of King George V, in 1923 and became Queen Consort on the abdication of his brother King Edward VIII in 1936.
On 6 February 1929, he married Rachel Pauline Clay and they had two children:
- Davina Katherine Bowes-Lyon (b. 2 May 1930)
- Simon Alexander Bowes-Lyon (b. 17 June 1932)
During World War II, David was a member of the secret propaganda department Political Warfare Executive.
He died at his sister's home, Birkhall, on the Balmoral estate, of a heart attack after suffering from hemiplegia. The Queen Mother discovered him dead in bed.[1] The funeral was held at Ballater, and he was buried at St Paul's Walden Bury.
[edit] References
- ^ Vickers, Hugo (2006). Elizabeth: The Queen Mother. Arrow Books/Random House, p.394. ISBN 9780099476627.
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| Preceded by The Viscount Hampden |
Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire 1947–1961 |
Succeeded by Sir George Burns |
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