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Person | Bowes-Lyon, David |
Geschlecht | männlich |
Andere Namen |
Bowes Lyon, David Lyon, David Bowes |
Quelle |
Jisc Wikipedia |
Zeit | Lebensdaten: 1902-1961 |
Land | Großbritannien (XA-GB) |
Weitere Angaben | Sir David Bowes-Lyon KCVO (2 May 1902 – 13 September 1961) was the sixth son and last child of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck, as well as their tenth and youngest child. His elder sister Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married Prince Albert, Duke of York (the future King George VI) the second son of King George V, in 1923 and became Queen Consort of the United Kingdom after the abdication of her husband's elder brother Edward VIII on 11 December 1936 ... As a keen gardener, he was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour in 1953 and served as President of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1953 to 1961. In 1960, he commanded the third World Orchid Conference. He was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1959 Birthday Honours. - High Sheriff of Hertfordshire - Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire |
Oberbegriffe | Beispiel für: Adel |
Typ | Person (piz) |