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Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th and 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (14 March 1855-7 November 1944) was the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II. He was born at Lowndes Square in London, the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and his wife, the former Frances Smith. From 1937 Bowes-Lyon was known as "14th and 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne," because he was the 14th Earl in the peerage of Scotland but the 1st Earl in the peerage of the United Kingdom. Bowes-Lyon married Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck on 16 July 1881, at Petersham, and the couple had ten children: Name Birth Death Notes: The Lady Violet Bowes-Lyon 17 April 1882 17 October 1893 died from dyptheria aged 11. The Lady Mary Bowes-Lyon 30 August 1883 8 February 1961 married 1910, Sidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone; had issue. Patrick Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis (later 15th and 2nd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne) 22 September 1884 25 May 1949 married 1908, Lady Dorothy Osborne (daughter of George Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds); had issue. Lieutenant The Hon. John Bowes-Lyon 1 April 1886 7 February 1930 married 1914, The Hon. Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (daughter of Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton); had issue. The Hon. Alexander Bowes-Lyon 14 April 1887 October 19, 1911 died unmarried. Captain The Hon. Fergus Bowes-Lyon 18 April 1889 26 September 1915 married 1914, Lady Christian Dawson-Damer (daughter of Lionel Dawson-Damer, 5th Earl of Portarlington); had issue. The Lady Rose Bowes-Lyon 6 May 1890 17 November 1967 married 1916, William Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl Granville; had issue Lieutenant-Colonel The Hon. Michael Bowes-Lyon 1 October 1893 1 May 1953 married 1928, Elizabeth Cator; had issue. The Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 4 August 1900 30 March 2002 married 1923, Prince Albert, Duke of York; had issue. The Hon. Sir David Bowes-Lyon 2 May 1902 13 September 1961 married 1929, Rachel Clay; had issue 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. In 1937, as one of the coronation peerages of King George VI, Lord Strathmore was created Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom to enable him to sit in the House of Lords as an Earl (he had previously sat only as a Baron through the Barony of Bowes created for his father). 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 Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis. http://en.wikipedia.org
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