Born in 1855, he became Lord Glamis in 1865 until 1904 when he became 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. He was educated at Eton from 1869 until 1872. From 1876 until 1882 he was a lieutenant in the 2nd Life Guards. In 1881 he married Nina Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck and they became the parents of ten children. They were a large and warm family with the children always close, as opposed to most other aristocratic families where relationships between parents and children were formal and distant. The family seat of Glamis Castle is said to be still the oldest inhabited residence in Britain, an ancient place with tales of murders and ghosts, with famous guests such as Bonnie Prince Charlie and Sir Walter Scott.

In 1904 as Lord Glamis he became Lord Lieutenant of the county Forfar until 1936. He was President of the Angus T.A. Association; G.C.V.O. 1923, K. T. 1928 and K. G. 1937. Lord Strathmore was an old-fashioned country squire who was very proud of his long moustache.
Yet it appears that his wife was the more interesting personality. During the first World War Glamis Castle was used as a hospital; he was also to lose his son Captain Fergus Bowes-Lyon in battle. In 1923 his daughter Lady Elizabeth accepted the marriage proposal of the Duke of York, and, in 1936 after the death of George V and Edward VIII's abdication, they became King and Queen. Lord Strathmore died at the end of the second World War in 1944 aged eighty-nine.
 

Source: Leo van de Pas