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Sir David Bowes Lyon 1902–1961 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 May 1902

Birth Location: Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland

Death Date: 13 Sep 1961

Death Location: Birkhall, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: Claude Bowes-Lyon

Mother: Nina Cavendish-Bentinck

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Sir David Bowes Lyon was born in 1902 in Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland, the child of Claude George Bowes Lyon And Nina Cecilia Cavendish Bentinck. Sir David Bowes Lyon passed away in 1961 in Birkhall, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir David Bowes Lyon was born in 1902 in Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland, the child of Claude George Bowes Lyon And Nina Cecilia Cavendish Bentinck.
  • Sir David Bowes Lyon passed away in 1961 in Birkhall, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Sir Lyon's Ancestors

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Sir Lyon
1902–1961
Birth Place: Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland
Parents
Claude George Bowes-Lyon
1855–1944
Knightsbridge, London, England
Nina (Cecilia) Cavendish-Bentinck
1862–1938
Redmount, Bedfordshire, England
Grandparents
Claude (Bowes-Lyon) *
1824–1904
Redbourn, Hertfordshire, England
Frances (Dora) Smith
1832–1922
Blendon Hall, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Lyon-Bowes
1801–1834
Charlotte Grimstead
1797–1881
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Lyon
1773–1846
Mary Carpenter
1783–1811

Sir Lyon's Timeline

2 Records

1902
2 May 1902
Birth of Sir David Bowes Lyon in Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland
Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland
1961
13 Sep 1961
Age 59
Death of Sir David Bowes Lyon in Birkhall, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Birkhall, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 May 1902
    Event Place: Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Sep 1961
    Event Place: Birkhall, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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