The Bowes-Lyon family descends from George Bowes of Gibside and Streatlam Castle (1701–1760), a County Durham landowner and politician, through John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, chief of the Clan Lyon. Following the marriage in 1767 of the 9th Earl ( John Lyon) to rich heiress Mary Eleanor Bowes, the family name was changed to ...
Nerissa Bowes-Lyon was born on 18 February 1919 and Katherine Bowes-Lyon was born on 4 July 1926, the daughters of John Herbert Bowes-Lyon and Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis. Their father, the second son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was a brother of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the future Queen Elizabeth II ...
- 18 February 1919, England
- 22 January 1986 (aged 66), Royal Earlswood Hospital, Redhill, England
John era el hermano de Isabel Bowes-Lyon, la Reina Madre, así que las dos hijas eran primas hermanas de la Reina Isabel II y la Princesa Margarita, compartiendo un par de abuelos, Claude Bowes-Lyon, el 14º conde de Strathmore y Kinghorne, y Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, condesa de Strathmore y Kinghorne.
Thomas Lyon-Bowes, Lord Glamis. Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 12th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Timothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
The Bowes-Lyon family is descended from the Royal House of Scotland. One of The Queen Mother's 14th-century ancestors, Sir John Lyon, became Thane of Glamis, home of Macbeth 300 years before, and Glamis Castle is the family seat. Childhood Lady Elizabeth was educated at home By the age of 10, she was fluent in French.