Simon Bowes-Lyon Explained

Honorific Prefix:Sir
Simon Bowes-Lyon
Honorific Suffix:KCVO
Birth Date:17 June 1932
Children:4
Parents:David Bowes-Lyon
Rachel Spender-Clay
Office:High Sheriff of Hertfordshire
Term Start:1975
Term End:1975
Primeminister:Harold Wilson
Predecessor:Thomas Edward, Baron Dimsdale
Successor:Peter Compton Hamilton-Spencer-Smith
Office2:Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire
Term Start2:1986
Term End2:2007
Monarch2:Elizabeth II
Primeminister2:Margaret Thatcher
John Major
Tony Blair
Predecessor2:Sir George Burns
Successor2:The Countess of Verulam

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.[1]

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:

Sir Simon Bowes-Lyon currently resides in St Paul's Walden Bury.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sir Simon Bowes Lyon, KCVO . Debrett's. 14 November 2012.
  2. Web site: Sir Simon Alexander Bowes-Lyon. ThePeerage.com. 14 November 2012.