Simon Bowes-Lyon, 19th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne facts for kids
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The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
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Simon Patrick Bowes-Lyon
18 June 1986 London, England
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| Other names | Sam Bowes-Lyon Lord Strathmore Lord Glamis |
| Term | 27 February 2016 – present |
| Criminal charge(s) | ... |
| Criminal penalty | 10 months' imprisonment |
| Criminal status | Released after serving five months |
| Parent(s) | The 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Isobel Weatherall |
Simon Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 19th and 6th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (born 18 June 1986), is a Scottish peer and landowner, the owner of estates based at Glamis Castle. He is also 17th Viscount Lyon, 19th Lord Lyon and Glamis, 26th Lord Glamis, 17th Lord Glamis, Tannadyce, Sidlaw and Strathdichtie, and 7th Baron Bowes, and from birth until 2016 was known as Lord Glamis.
The eldest son of Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and his first wife, Isobel Weatherall, he is a second cousin once removed of King Charles III, whose maternal grandmother was a Bowes-Lyon.
He is chieftain of the Strathmore Highland Games.
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Biography
Strathmore was born on 18 June 1986 into the Bowes-Lyon family. His father, Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was a politician, soldier, and business man, as well as a hereditary peer. His mother is Isobel Weatherall, daughter of Captain Anthony Edward Weatherall. He attended Sunningdale School. His parents divorced in 2004.
Lord Strathmore is a great-great-nephew of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and thus a second cousin once removed of King Charles III. In 2002, he walked alongside his father and members of the royal family behind the coffin of the Queen Mother during her funeral.
On his father's death on 27 February 2016, the then-Lord Glamis succeeded as 19th Earl. In 2019, he was living at Glamis Castle. Running the Glamis estate includes work with Reiver Travel, which arranges exclusive holidays in Scotland. In 2017 Strathmore decided to renovate Glamis House, a property on his estate and a childhood home of the Queen Mother, for use as a self-catering holiday home. From 2016 to 2018, he was a director of Ark Hill Wind Farm Ltd. Lord Strathmore is the chieftain of the Strathmore Highland Games, which takes place annually in the grounds of Glamis Castle.
Titles and styles
- 18 June 1986 − 27 February 2016: Lord Glamis
- 27 February 2016 – present: The Right Honourable The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
In addition to the Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Strathmore holds the following subsidiary titles: 17th Viscount Lyon, 19th Lord Lyon and Glamis, 26th Lord Glamis, 17th Lord Glamis, Tannadyce, Sidlaw and Strathdichtie, and 7th Baron Bowes, of Streatlam Castle.
