Simon Bowes-Lyon

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Caroline Pike
(m. 1966)
Sir
Simon Bowes-Lyon
High Sheriff of Hertfordshire
In office
1975–1975
Children4
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]

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Early life

He was born in 1932, the son of Sir David Bowes-Lyon (1902–1961), who also served as Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, and Rachel Pauline Spender-Clay (1907–1996), 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.

Personal life

On 11 April 1966, he married Caroline Mary Victoria Pike (b. 1940), daughter of Rt. Rev. Victor Joseph Pike, and they have four children:

Sir Simon Bowes-Lyon currently resides in St Paul's Walden Bury. [2]

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References

  1. "Sir Simon Bowes Lyon, KCVO". Debrett's. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  2. "Sir Simon Alexander Bowes-Lyon". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Thomas Edward, Baron Dimsdale
High Sheriff of Hertfordshire
1975
Succeeded by
Peter Compton Hamilton-Spencer-Smith
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire
19862007
Succeeded by