Simon Bowes-Lyon

For the current Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, see Simon Bowes-Lyon, 19th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.

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.

Sir Simon Bowes-Lyon KCVO
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	(1932-06-17) 17 June 1932
Spouse	Caroline Pike ​ (m. 1966)​
Children	4
Parent(s)	David Bowes-Lyon Rachel Spender-Clay

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), daughter of Rt. Rev. Victor Joseph Pike, 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.
• 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.

See also

• Burke's Peerage