Fergus Bowes-Lyon

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Captain The Hon. Fergus Bowes-Lyon (April 18, 1889 - September 27, 1915) was a brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

He was born at Glamis Castle in Forfarshire and educated at Eton College, Berkshire. Just a fortnight after the start of World War I, he married Lady Christian Norah Dawson-Damer (7 August 1890 - 29 March 1959), daughter of the 5th Earl of Portarlington, on 17 September 1914. She bore him a daughter, Rosemary Lusia (18 July 1915 - 18 January 1989).[1]

In the First World War he served with the 8th Battalion, Black Watch and was killed in the opening stages of the Battle of Loos. Leading an attack on the German lines, his leg was blown off by a barrage of German artillery and he fell back into his sergeant's arms. Bullets struck him in the chest and shoulder and he died on the field.[2] He is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.[3]

His mother, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was severely affected by the loss of her son, and after his death became an invalid withdrawn from public life until the marriage of her daughter Elizabeth to the future king in 1923.[4]

Fergus's widow married secondly Captain William Frederick Martin (d. 6 October 1947).[1]

[edit] Ancestry

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Thomas George Lyon-Bowes, Lord Glamis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Mary Elizabeth Louisa Carpenter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Joseph Valentine Grimstead
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Charlotte Grimstead
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Charlotte Sarah Jane Walsh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. George Smith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Oswald Smith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Frances Mary Mosley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Frances Dora Smith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Robert Hodgson, Dean of Carlisle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Henrietta Hodgson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Mary Tucker
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Fergus Bowes-Lyon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Lord William Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Dorothy Cavendish
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Charles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Anne Wellesley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Edwyn Andrew Burnaby
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Edwyn Burnaby
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Mary Browne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Caroline Louisa Burnaby
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Thomas Salisbury
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Anne Caroline Salisbury
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Frances Webb
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] Sources

  1. ^ a b Charles Mosley (ed.), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition (Burke's Peerage and Gentry LLC, 2003) vol. III p. 3783-3784
  2. ^ Hugo Vickers, Elizabeth: The Queen Mother (Arrow Books/Random House, 2006) p.22
  3. ^ CWGC: Fergus Bowes-Lyon
  4. ^ The Times (London) Thursday, 23 June 1938; p. 16; col. D
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