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Revision as of 01:51, 15 July 2024
Sir Simon Bowes-Lyon | |
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High Sheriff of Hertfordshire | |
In office 1975–1975 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | Thomas Edward, Baron Dimsdale |
Succeeded by | Peter Compton Hamilton-Spencer-Smith |
Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire | |
In office 1986–2007 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher John Major Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Sir George Burns |
Succeeded by | The Countess of Verulam |
Personal details | |
Born | 17 June 1932 |
Spouse |
Caroline Pike (m. 1966) |
Children | 4 |
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.[1]
He was born in 1932, the son of Sir David Bowes-Lyon (2 May 1902 – 13 September 1961), who also served as Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, and Rachel Pauline Spender-Clay (19 January 1907 – 21 January 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.
On 11 April 1966, he married Caroline Mary Victoria Pike (b. 27 September 1940) and they have four children:
- Rosemary Pema "Rosie" Bowes-Lyon (b. 1968), married on 7 September 1996 to Nicholas David Kirkland Glazebrook, they have three children.
- Fergus Alexander Bowes-Lyon (b. 1970), married in 2000 to Frances Margaret Anne Harris, they have two children.
- David Victor Bowes-Lyon (b. 1973), married in 2002 to Jennifer Hurst (b. 1977), they have one son: William David Bowes-Lyon
- Andrew Simon Bowes-Lyon (b. 1979), married on 2 June 2012 to Melanie Fletcher, they have three daughters.
Sir Simon Bowes-Lyon currently resides in St Paul's Walden Bury.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Sir Simon Bowes Lyon, KCVO". Debrett's. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- ^ "Sir Simon Alexander Bowes-Lyon". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 14 November 2012.