Simon Bowes-Lyon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Sir Simon Alexander Bowes-Lyon Template:Postnominals (born 17 June 1932) is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and was Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire from 1986 to 2007. He was created a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2005.[1]

Early life

He was born in 1932, the son of Sir David Bowes-Lyon (1902–1961), who also served as Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, and Rachel Pauline Spender-Clay (1907–1996), younger daughter of Herbert Spender-Clay. Through his father, he is a member of the Bowes-Lyon family, and through his mother, the Astor family.

Personal life

On 11 April 1966, he married Caroline Mary Victoria Pike (b. 1940), daughter of Rt. Rev. Victor Joseph Pike, and they have four children:

  • Rosemary Pema "Rosie" Bowes-Lyon (b. 1968), who married Nicholas David Kirkland Glazebrook in 1996; they have three children.
  • Fergus Alexander Bowes-Lyon (b. 1970), who married Frances Margaret Anne Harris in 2000; they have two children.
  • David Victor Bowes-Lyon (b. 1973), who married Jennifer Hurst (b. 1977) in 2002; they have one son.
  • Andrew Simon Bowes-Lyon (b. 1979), who married Melanie Fletcher in 2012; they have three daughters.

Sir Simon Bowes-Lyon currently resides in St Paul's Walden Bury.[2]

See also

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Honorary titles
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check High Sheriff of Hertfordshire
1975 Template:S-ttl/check
Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire
1986–2007 Template:S-ttl/check
Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by


Template:England-noble-stub