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(Redirected from Simon Alexander Bowes-Lyon) First cousin of Queen Elizabeth II For the current Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, see Simon Bowes-Lyon, 19th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.

SirSimon Bowes-LyonKCVO
High Sheriff of Hertfordshire
In office
1975–1975
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byThomas Edward, Baron Dimsdale
Succeeded byPeter Compton Hamilton-Spencer-Smith
Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire
In office
1986–2007
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
John Major
Tony Blair
Preceded bySir George Burns
Succeeded byThe Countess of Verulam
Personal details
Born (1932-06-17) 17 June 1932 (age 92)
Spouse Caroline Pike ​(m. 1966)​
Children4
Parent(s)David Bowes-Lyon
Rachel Spender-Clay

Sir Simon Alexander Bowes-Lyon KCVO (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.

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.

See also

References

  1. "Sir Simon Bowes Lyon, KCVO". Debrett's. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  2. "Sir Simon Alexander Bowes-Lyon". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
Honorary titles
Preceded byThomas Edward, Baron Dimsdale High Sheriff of Hertfordshire
1975 		Succeeded byPeter Compton Hamilton-Spencer-Smith
Preceded bySir George Burns Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire
1986–2007 		Succeeded byThe Countess of Verulam


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