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David Bowes-Lyon
Earl + Prince + Second
Male
Born
May 2, 1902
Died
Sep 13, 1961
Sir David Bowes-Lyon KCVO was the sixth son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck. His sister Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married Prince Albert, the second son of King George V, in 1923 and became Queen… Read More
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David Bowes-Lyon
d.1961
parents
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Michael Claude Hamilton Bowes-LyonBrother, d.1953
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CHILDHOOD
1902
Birth
Born in 1902.
TWENTIES
1923
21 Years Old
His sister Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married Prince Albert, the second son of King George V, in 1923 and became Queen Consort on the abdication of her husbands brother King Edward VIII in 1936.
1929
27 Years Old
On 6 February 1929, he married Rachel Pauline Clay (d. 21 January 1996) and they had two children:
FORTIES
1950
48 Years Old
During World War II, David was a member of the secret propaganda department Political Warfare Executive. He was High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1950 and Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire from 1952 until his death.
FIFTIES
1953
51 Years Old
Also, he became President of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1953.
1961
59 Years Old
Died in 1961.
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