Glamis Castle is situated beside the village of Glamis in Angus, Scotland. It is the home of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and is open to the public.
Earl Granville is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It is now held by members of the Leveson-Gower family.
Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th and 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne,, styled as Lord Glamis from 1865 to 1904, was a British peer and landowner who was the father of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II.
Michael Fergus Bowes-Lyon, 18th and 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne,, styled Lord Glamis between 1972 and 1987, also known as Mikey Strathmore, was a British Conservative politician, Scots Guards officer and stockbroker. He was a first cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II.
The Bowes-Lyon family descends from George Bowes of Gibside and Streatlam Castle (1701–1760), a County Durham landowner and politician, through John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, chief of the Clan Lyon. Following the marriage in 1767 of the 9th Earl to rich heiress Mary Eleanor Bowes, the family name was changed to Bowes by Act of Parliament. The 10th Earl changed the name to Lyon-Bowes and the 13th Earl, Claude, changed the order to Bowes-Lyon.
Clan Lyon is a Scottish clan.
Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th and 2nd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne,, styled as Master of Glamis until 1904 and Lord Glamis until 1944, was a British landowner, peer and British Army officer. He was the eldest brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, thus a maternal uncle of Queen Elizabeth II.
Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was a Scottish peer and nobleman. He was the son of John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Kinghorne and his wife Lady Elizabeth Maule, daughter of Patrick Maule, 1st Earl of Panmure and Frances Stanhope. Patrick was the grandson of Patrick Lyon, 1st Earl of Kinghorne and his wife Anne Murray.
Baron Bowes is a title that has been created three times, once in the Peerage of Ireland and twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in the Peerage of Ireland on 15 August 1758 when John Bowes, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was made Baron Bowes, of Clonlyon. The title became extinct on his death in 1767. The second creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 7 August 1815 when John Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was made Baron Bowes, of Streatlam Castle in the County of Durham and of Lunedale in the County of York. The barony became extinct on his death in 1820 while the earldom was passed on to his younger brother, the eleventh Earl. The barony was revived on 1 July 1887 when the latter's grandson, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was made Baron Bowes, of Streatlam Castle in the County of Durham and of Lunedale in the County of York. See Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne for further history of the title.
Fergus Bowes-Lyon was a British officer and older brother of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who later became the queen consort of King George VI. Fergus Bowes-Lyon was killed during World War I. He was a maternal uncle of Elizabeth II.
Timothy Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 16th and 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was a British nobleman and peer. He was a nephew of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, wife of King George VI, thus a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret.
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, styled The Honourable Claude Bowes-Lyon from 1847 to 1865, was a British peer. He was the 13th holder of the Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne, the paternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, a great-grandfather of Elizabeth II, and great-great-grandfather of Charles III.
Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was a Scottish nobleman and peer. He was the third son of John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. His mother was the author of the verse drama, "The Siege of Jerusalem" (1769). He was the great-great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Thomas George Lyon-Bowes, 12th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, styled Lord Glamis between 1834 and 1846, was a Scottish peer and cricketer.
John or Jack Lyon may refer to:
John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was a Scottish nobleman and peer. He was the son of Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. He married Elizabeth Stanhope on 21 September 1691 and was succeeded as Earl by his son John Lyon, 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
Elizabeth Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was an English noblewoman and the wife of Scottish peer John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Born to Lady Elizabeth Butler and Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield, her paternity was in doubt. It is possible that her actual father was James, Duke of York, who would in 1685 ascend the throne as King James II of England.
Lionel George Henry Seymour Dawson-Damer, 5th Earl of Portarlington JP DL was a British peer and landowner.
Simon Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 19th and 6th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, styled as Lord Glamis until 2016, is a Scottish peer and landowner, the owner of estates based at Glamis Castle.
Michael Claude Hamilton Bowes-Lyon was a British nobleman. A British Army officer during World War I, he was a prisoner of war at Holzminden. He was an elder brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and maternal uncle of Queen Elizabeth II.
