Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne

The Right Honourable

The Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne

GCVO
The Right Honourable; The Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne; GCVO
	The Countess in 1923, during the wedding of Prince Albert and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, her son-in-law and daughter
Born	Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck; 11 September 1862; Belgravia, Middlesex, England
Died	23 June 1938 (aged 75); Marylebone, London, England
Buried	Glamis Castle
Spouse(s)	Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (m. 1881)
Issue	Violet Bowes-Lyon; Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone; Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne; John Bowes-Lyon; Alexander Bowes-Lyon; Fergus Bowes-Lyon; Rose Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville; Michael Bowes-Lyon; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother; Sir David Bowes-Lyon;
Father	Charles Cavendish-Bentinck
Mother	Caroline Louisa Burnaby

Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne GCVO (née Cavendish-Bentinck; 11 September 1862 – 23 June 1938) was the mother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and maternal grandmother and godmother of Queen Elizabeth II.

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