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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]
Simon Bowes-Lyon | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 17 June 1932 |
| Spouse |
Caroline Pike (m. 1966) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | David Bowes-Lyon Rachel Spender-Clay |
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.
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.[2]
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