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Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (March 14, 1855 - November 7, 1944), was the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II.
Lord Strathmore was born at Lowndes Square in London, the son of the 13th Earl and his wife, the former Frances Dora Smith. He married Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck on 16 July 1881, at Petersham, and the couple had ten children.
Their ninth child, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, married the Duke of York, later King George VI, and in later life was known as Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Lord Strathmore died at the age of 89 at Glamis Castle in Angus (Lady Strathmore had died in 1938). He was succeeded by his son, Patrick .
| Preceded by: Claude Bowes-Lyon | Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | Followed by: Patrick Bowes-Lyon |
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