Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 12th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne explained

The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
Birth Name:Thomas George Lyon-Bowes
Birth Date:28 September 1822
Birth Place:St Paul's Walden, Hertfordshire, England
Death Place:Glamis, Angus, Scotland
Parents:Thomas Lyon-Bowes, Lord Glamis
Charlotte Grimstead

Thomas George Lyon-Bowes, 12th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (28 September 1822 – 13 September 1865), styled Lord Glamis between 1834 and 1846, was a Scottish peer and cricketer.

Background

Lyon-Bowes was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Lyon-Bowes, Lord Glamis, son of Thomas Bowes-Lyon, 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. His mother was Charlotte Grimstead, daughter of Joseph Valentine Grimstead, of Merry Hall, Lower Ashtead, Surrey.[1] He succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1846.

Public life

An amateur cricketer, Strathmore played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club from 1844 to 1857.[2] In 1852 he was elected a Scottish representative peer, a post he held until July 1865.[3]

Personal life

Lord Strathmore married the Honourable Charlotte Maria Barrington, daughter of William Barrington, 6th Viscount Barrington, on 30 April 1850. The marriage was childless. She died on 3 November 1854, aged 27. Lord Strathmore died on 13 September 1865, aged 42, and was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother, Claude.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bouchard, Brian . The curious case of Joseph Valentine Grimstead. A man of substance and principle. Epsom & Ewell History Explorer . January 2013. 10 November 2022.
  2. Web site: Player profile: Thomas Lyon-Bowes. CricketArchive. 26 August 2011.
  3. Web site: Representative Peers – Scotland . https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022617/http://www.leighrayment.com/reppeers/reppeersscotland.htm . 7 June 2008 . usurped . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.