Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon
Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne & Grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck was born in Belgravia, Westminster as the eldest daughter of the Rev. Charles Cavendish-Bentinck (grandson of British Prime Minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland) and his wife, Louisa (née Burnaby). Love and marriage On 16 July 1881, she married Claude Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis, at St Peter's Church, Petersham, Surrey, and they had ten children. Claude inherited his father's title of Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne in 1904, whereupon Cecilia became Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Children * The Hon. Violet Hyacinth Bowes-Lyon 17 April 1882 17 October 1893 * Lady Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon 30 August 1883 8 February 1961 * Patrick Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis 22 September 1884 25 May 1949 * Lieutenant The Hon. John Bowes-Lyon 1 April 1886 7 February 1930 * The Hon. Alexander Francis Bowes-Lyon 14 April 1887 19 October 1911 *