About Michael Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Fergus Michael Claude Bowes-Lyon, 17th and 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (31 December 1928 – 19 August 1987), was a British nobleman and peer.
He was a nephew of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (born Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon), and a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret.
He was the son of Capt.
The Hon.
Michael Claude Hamilton Bowes-Lyon and Elizabeth Margaret Cator.
His paternal grandparents were Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck.
He married Mary Pamela McCorquodale (b.1932) on 10 April 1956.
They had three children:
Michael Fergus Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne – (7 June 1957 – 27 February 2016) Married Isobel Weatherall in 1984, divorced in 2005, had issue.
Married Damaris Stuart-William in 2005, divorced in 2008, had issue.
Married Karen Baxter in 2012.
Lady Elizabeth Mary Cecilia Bowes-Lyon – (b.
23 December 1959) Married Antony Richard Leeming in 1990.
Lady Diana Evelyn Bowes-Lyon – (b.
29 December 1966) Married Christopher Godfrey-Faussett in 1995.
She is a Patroness of the Royal Caledonian Ball.He inherited the earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne upon the death of his first cousin Timothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.