"vague person'; however, ""Burke's Peerage"" included specific dates of death for both sisters. According to a 2011 television documentary about the sisters, ""throughout their time at the hospital, there is no known record that the sisters were ever visited by any member of the Bowes-Lyon or royal families, despite their aunt, the Queen Mother, being a Patron of MENCAP"" (the charity for people with learning disabilities). Nurses interviewed on the documentary said that, to their knowledge, the family never even sent the sisters a birthday or Christmas gift or card. When Nerissa died in 1986, none of her family attended"
"Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (24 February 1749 – 28 April 1800), known as ""The Unhappy Countess"", was an 18th-century British heiress, notorious for her licentious lifestyle, who was married at one time to the 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. She and the Earl are ancestors of Queen Elizabeth II. Mary was born in Upper Brook Street in Mayfair, London, the daughter and heiress of Sir George Bowes, a wealthy businessman; and his second wife, Mary Gilbert of St Paul's Walden. She was named Mary Eleanor in homage to"
"Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Duchess of York flanked by two cousins; a portrait of the wife of the Spanish ambassador, for which she received the Silver Medal, 1921, from the Société des Artistes Français; the suffragette Flora Drummond (1936); the conductor Sir Henry Joseph Wood (1937); and,for a second time in 1940, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, by then queen-consort to King George VI. During her career Lion had at least four solo exhibitions;- one at the Alpine Club in 1923, another at Barbizon House in 1929, at the Fine Art Society during 1937 and finally at Knoedler's Gallery in 1940. Ten portraits by Lion"
"Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Bowes-Lyon (1889–1915) was killed during the Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt in the Battle of Loos; whilst leading an attack on the German lines, his leg was blown off by a barrage of German artillery and he fell back into his sergeant’s arms. Bullets struck him in the chest and shoulder and he died on the field. Bowes-Lyon was buried in a quarry at Vermelles, but although the quarry was later adopted as a war cemetery, details of his grave were lost and so he was recorded among the names of the missing on the Loos"
"Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, mother of Queen Elizabeth II (which seems unlikely as she did not come to public prominence until marrying the Duke of York in 1923); Betty Lupton, former manager of the Harrogate Spa; the daughter of a previous occupant of the Harrogate premises who died of tuberculosis; or a small child who interrupted a meeting at which the choice of name was being discussed. The merger with Taylors of Harrogate (founded 1886) came about in 1962. In 1986 Bettys by Post was developed, initially a mail order company, but later moving online. In 2001 Bettys opened a cookery school"
"died in Salt Lake City of a cerebral hemorrhage, leaving her husband a widower for the second time. One of the Heritage Halls at Brigham Young University is named for Bowen. Emma Lucy Gates Bowen Emma Lucy Ann Gates Bowen (November 5, 1882 – April 30, 1951) was an American opera singer and later the wife of Albert E. Bowen, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). She was often referred to as Lucy Gates and after her marriage as Lucy Gates Bowen or Lucy Bowen. Emma"
"Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the youngest daughter and the ninth of ten children of Claude Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis (later the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne in the Peerage of Scotland), and his wife, Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck. Her mother was descended from British Prime Minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, and Governor-General of India Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, who was the elder brother of another Prime Minister, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. The location of her birth remains uncertain, but reputedly she was born either in her parents' Westminster home at Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens, or in a"
"the life and adventures of Mary Eleanor Bowes"" is held by the University of Dundee. They include a letter to her from her first husband ""enumerating her faults"", which was written on his death bed. Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (24 February 1749 – 28 April 1800), known as ""The Unhappy Countess"", was an 18th-century British heiress, notorious for her licentious lifestyle, who was married at one time to the 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. She and the Earl are ancestors of Queen Elizabeth II. Mary was born in"
"Jean Boese Elsie Jean McGivney Boese (pronounced BOW-SE; January 19, 1925 – April 7, 2004), known as Jean Boese, was the poet laureate of Louisiana from 1972 to 1980, and from 1984 until her death. She was also the Republican national committeewoman from Louisiana. She was the first woman to serve on the Alexandria Civil Service Commission (1975–1979). She was born in New Orleans to John Roderick McGivney and the former Elsie Buist. She graduated from the Louise S. McGehee School (a female academy) in New Orleans in 1942. In 1945, at the age of twenty, she graduated from the"
"on 8 February 1961, aged 77, in Inveresk, Scotland. Lady Mary married Sidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord Elphinstone (27 July 1869 – 28 November 1955) on 24 July 1910 in Westminster. The couple had five children: Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone Lady Mary Frances Buller-Fullerton-Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone DCVO (born Lady Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon; 30 August 1883 – 8 February 1961) was a maternal aunt and godparent of Elizabeth II. Lady Elphinstone was born Lady Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon on 30 August 1883 in Angus, Scotland, to Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck. She was an elder sister of"
"Elizabeth Coles Bouey Elizabeth Coles Bouey (November 14, 1891 – February 5, 1957) was a Liberian-born American missionary and church worker. She founded the National Association of Ministers' Wives in 1939. Elizabeth A. Coles was born in Liberia, the daughter of American missionaries, Rev. John J. Coles and Lucy Ann Henry Coles. Her father was born in Virginia; her mother was from Tennessee. She was raised by her widowed mother in Virginia after 1893, and graduated from Armstrong High School. She trained as a teacher as a young woman, at Armstrong Normal School. Later in life, she studied theology at"
"Bowes-Lyon married The Honourable Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (19 August 1889 – 19 July 1966), the younger daughter of Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton. They had five daughters, three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren: Before the outbreak of World War I, Bowes-Lyon worked as a stockbroker in the City of London for the firm Rowe and Pitman. In 1915, he was posted with the Black Watch. Just prior to the Battle of Aubers Ridge in that year, he accidentally shot himself in his left forefinger; it was amputated the following day. While receiving treatment in the UK, he admitted having experienced"
"Emma Lucy Gates Bowen Emma Lucy Ann Gates Bowen (November 5, 1882 – April 30, 1951) was an American opera singer and later the wife of Albert E. Bowen, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). She was often referred to as Lucy Gates and after her marriage as Lucy Gates Bowen or Lucy Bowen. Emma Lucy Gates was born to Jacob F. Gates and Susa Young, in St. George, Utah Territory. She was a granddaughter of Brigham Young. Gates did not began her formal musical studies"
"to honour the success obtained by his sister Mildred Marion Bowes-Lyon with her opera ""Etelinda"", which premiered in Florence in 1894. Lady Mildred was one of the first composers who presented her own work on stage. This was such a novelty that her name was made public only on the second night when the audience called for the author to appear on stage. The Bowes-Lyon family had already stayed in Bordighera for some years. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne died in Bordighera on 16 February 1904 at the age of 79 years. As of 1910, his daughter,"
"II; and their fifth son, Patrick Bowes-Lyon (5 March 1863 – 5 October 1946), was a Major in the British Army. In 1865 he succeeded his elder brother Thomas. In 1887 he was created Baron Bowes, of Streatlam Castle and Lunedale, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was a Scottish representative peer from 1870 until 1892, and Lord Lieutenant of Angus from 1874 until his death. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (Redbourn, England 21 July 1824 – Bordighera, Italy 16 February 1904), styled The Honourable Claude Bowes-Lyon"
"year as chair of the council, the first woman to hold the post. She retired in 1946, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of London in 1950. Eveline Lowe Eveline Mary Lowe (29 November 1869 – 30 May 1956) was a British politician. Born in Rotherhithe as Eveline Farren, she attended Milton Mount College and then Homerton College, where she qualified as a teacher. She then began teaching at the college, becoming its vice-principal in 1894 and relocating with the institution to Cambridge. In 1903, she married George Carter Lowe, and left teaching. The"
"Simon Bowes-Lyon Sir Simon Alexander Bowes-Lyon (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. He was born in 1932, the son of Sir David Bowes-Lyon (2 May 1902 – 13 September 1961), who also served as Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, and Rachel Pauline Spender-Clay (19 January 1907 – 21 January 1996), younger daughter of Herbert Henry Spender-Clay. On 11 April 1966, he married Caroline Mary Victoria Pike (b. 27"
"Lady Angela Forbes Lady Angela Selina Bianca Forbes (née St Clair-Erskine; 11 June 1876 – 22 October 1950) was a British socialite and novelist who was known as a forces sweetheart for organizing soldiers' canteens in France during the First World War. She reverted to her maiden name in 1929. Forbes was born at 8 Grafton Street, Mayfair, the youngest daughter of Robert St Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn and Blanche Adeliza FitzRoy. Her sisters were Millicent Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland and Sybil Fane, Countess of Westmorland, and her brothers were the 5th Earl of Rosslyn and Alexander FitzRoy St"
"Ernestine Bowes-Lyon Ernestine Maude Bowes-Lyon, known as ""Tenie"" to her friends, was born at Glamis Castle in Scotland in 1891 and died in 1981 in Navarrenx, south of France. Tenie was one of five children. Her father Ernest Bowes-Lyon (son of Claude Bowes-Lyon) died ten days after her birth, 2 days after Christmas, in a riding accident in 1891. He was a diplomat; a Consul in Belgrade. Tenie's mother was a Drummond, of the family of Drummonds bank, of 49 Charing Cross, the bank of the Royal Family. Tenie grew up in Glamis Castle along with her younger cousin Elizabeth"
"Angie Brooks Angie Elizabeth Brooks (August 24, 1928 – September 9, 2007) was a Liberian diplomat and jurist. She is notable for being the only African female President of the United Nations General Assembly. She was also the second woman from any nation to head the U.N. In 1954 she became Liberia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, where much of her work involved the transformation of former colonial states into independent countries. In 1969, she was chosen as the President of the General Assembly and took office in 1970. She also served as Assistant Secretary of State of Liberia."
"77. At the time of her death, she was the last sibling of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother to die. Rose Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville Rose Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville, GCVO (""née"" Lady Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon, 6 May 1890 – 17 November 1967) was the third daughter of 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne by his wife, Nina Cecilia, and an elder sister of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. On 24 May 1916, Rose married The Hon. William Leveson-Gower, who succeeded to his childless brother's earldom in 1939. As a result of her marriage, Lady Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon was styled as Countess"
"September 1940) and they have four children: Sir Simon Bowes-Lyon currently resides in St Paul's Walden Bury Simon Bowes-Lyon Sir Simon Alexander Bowes-Lyon (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. He was born in 1932, the son of Sir David Bowes-Lyon (2 May 1902 – 13 September 1961), who also served as Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, and Rachel Pauline Spender-Clay (19 January 1907 – 21 January 1996), younger"
"Boese was succeeded as poet laureate by Brenda Marie Osbey of New Orleans, who was appointed in 2005 by Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco. Jean Boese Elsie Jean McGivney Boese (pronounced BOW-SE; January 19, 1925 – April 7, 2004), known as Jean Boese, was the poet laureate of Louisiana from 1972 to 1980, and from 1984 until her death. She was also the Republican national committeewoman from Louisiana. She was the first woman to serve on the Alexandria Civil Service Commission (1975–1979). She was born in New Orleans to John Roderick McGivney and the former Elsie Buist. She graduated from the"
"Elizabeth Cooke, Lady Russell Elizabeth Russell, Lady Russell, née Elizabeth Cooke, Elizabeth Hoby in her first marriage, (1528–1609) was an English noblewoman. She was an influential member of Queen Elizabeth I's court and was known in her time for her refined poetry as well as her musical talent. In 1596, she was a vocal opponent of the reconstruction of Blackfriars Theatre in that London district. She was born at Gidea Hall, Essex, the third daughter of Anthony Cooke, who was tutor to Edward VI. Cooke educated his four daughters to a high level for his day. Elizabeth's sister Anne Bacon"
"Elizabeth Bowes Elizabeth Bowes (née Aske; 1505 – c. 1572) was an English Protestant exile, and a follower of John Knox, her son-in-law. Elizabeth Aske, baptized in August 1505, was the granddaughter of William Aske (d. 23 August 1512) and Felice Strangeways, and the daughter of Roger Aske (d. before 1510/11), esquire, of Aske, North Yorkshire, by Margery Sedgwick, the daughter of Humphrey Sedgwick of Walbrun, Yorkshire. While they were still children, she and her sister Anne were coheiresses to their father, mother and grandfather. Their wardships were sold in 1510 to her future husband's father, Sir Ralph Bowes (d."
"Emily Bowes Emily Bowes Gosse (10 November 1806 – 10 February 1857) was a Victorian painter and illustrator, and writer of evangelical Christian poems and tracts. Emily Bowes was born in London, England to William and Hannah Bowes, both from old New England families. Her early years were divided between Merioneth, Exmouth and London, and in 1824 she commenced work as a governess to Revd John Hawkins in Berkshire, later moving to the home of Revd Sir Christopher John Musgrave, in Hove. After these spells, Emily returned to London to stay with her parents in Clapton, North London. She attended"
"Edith Howes Edith Annie Howes (29 August 1872 – 9 July 1954) was a New Zealand teacher, educationalist, and writer of children's literature. She was a Member of the Order of the British Empire and received the King George VI Coronation Medal for her services to literature. She was born in London, England, one of five children of Cecilia Brown and William Howes, a post office clerk and accountant. Her brother George became a noted entomologist. The family emigrated to New Zealand when she was very young. She attended Kaiapoi Borough School, where she later became a pupil teacher. In"
"James Bowes-Lyon Major General Sir Francis James Cecil Bowes-Lyon, (19 September 1917 – 1977) was a senior British Army officer who served as Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin from 1968 to 1970. Bowes-Lyon was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1938, and served in the Guards Armoured Division during the Second World War. In 1955 he became Commandant at the Guards Depot and in 1957 he was made Commanding Officer of 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards. He was appointed Military Assistant to Field Marshal Sir Francis Festing, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, in 1960 and Commander of"
"her husband, who was a grandson of Sir Charles Forbes, 3rd baronet, Forbes had two daughters: Lady Angela appears as a character in the BBC television production ""The Monocled Mutineer"" (1986), played by Penelope Wilton. Lady Angela Forbes Lady Angela Selina Bianca Forbes (née St Clair-Erskine; 11 June 1876 – 22 October 1950) was a British socialite and novelist who was known as a forces sweetheart for organizing soldiers' canteens in France during the First World War. She reverted to her maiden name in 1929. Forbes was born at 8 Grafton Street, Mayfair, the youngest daughter of Robert St Clair-Erskine,"
"Elizabeth Bowen Elizabeth Bowen, CBE (; 7 June 1899 – 22 February 1973) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, notable for some of the best fiction about life in wartime London. Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen was born on 7 June 1899 at 15 Herbert Place in Dublin and baptised in the nearby St Stephen's Church on Upper Mount Street. Her parents, Henry Charles Cole Bowen and Florence (née Colley) Bowen, later brought her to Bowen's Court at Farahy, near Kildorrery, County Cork, where she spent her summers. When her father became mentally ill in 1907, she and her"
"Rose Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville Rose Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville, GCVO (""née"" Lady Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon, 6 May 1890 – 17 November 1967) was the third daughter of 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne by his wife, Nina Cecilia, and an elder sister of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. On 24 May 1916, Rose married The Hon. William Leveson-Gower, who succeeded to his childless brother's earldom in 1939. As a result of her marriage, Lady Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon was styled as Countess Granville on 21 July 1939. She was invested as a Companion, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John"
"157th Lowland Brigade in 1963. He went on to be General Officer Commanding 52nd Lowland Division District in 1966 and Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin in 1968. In 1971 he was appointed Major-General commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District. He retired in 1973. Bowes-Lyon married Mary de Trafford, daughter of Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 4th Baronet. The couple had three children, two sons, John and David, and a daughter, Fiona. The family lived at Sennicotts in West Sussex. A descendent of the 13th Earl of Strathmore, he was a Gentleman Usher to the Royal"
"Marjorie Bowen Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long ""née"" Campbell; 1 November 1885 – 23 December 1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. Bowen was born in 1885 on Hayling Island in Hampshire. She had a difficult childhood; her alcoholic father left the family at an early age and was eventually found dead on a London street. She and her sister grew up in poverty with a less than affectionate mother. Bowen studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and later in Paris. Her first novel, the"