Simon Bowes-Lyon

For the current Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, see Simon Bowes-Lyon, 19th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.

Sir Simon Bowes-Lyon KCVO
High Sheriff of Hertfordshire
In office 1975–1975
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Thomas Edward, Baron Dimsdale
Succeeded by	Peter Compton Hamilton-Spencer-Smith
Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire
In office 1986–2007
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher John Major Tony Blair
Preceded by	Sir George Burns
Succeeded by	The Countess of Verulam
Personal details
Born	(1932-06-17) 17 June 1932
Spouse	Caroline Pike ​ (m. 1966)​
Children	4
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.

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:

• Rosemary Pema "Rosie" Bowes-Lyon (b. 1968), who married Nicholas David Kirkland Glazebrook in 1996; they have three children.
• Fergus Alexander Bowes-Lyon (b. 1970), who married Frances Margaret Anne Harris in 2000; they have two children.
• David Victor Bowes-Lyon (b. 1973), who married Jennifer Hurst (b. 1977) in 2002; they have one son.
• Andrew Simon Bowes-Lyon (b. 1979), who married Melanie Fletcher in 2012; they have three daughters.

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

See also

• Burke's Peerage