Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

The Right Honourable The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne DL
Born	(1957-06-07) 7 June 1957
Residence	Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland
Nationality	British
Education	Sunningdale School Eton University of Aberdeen RMA Sandhurst
Title	18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Predecessor	17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Spouse(s)	Isobel Charlotte Weatherall (m. 1984–2005) Dr. Damaris E. Stuart-William (m. 2005–08) Karen Baxter (m. 2012)
Children	Simon Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis(b. 1986) The Hon. John Fergus Bowes-Lyon (b. 1988) The Hon. George Norman Bowes-Lyon (b. 1991) The Hon. Toby Peter Fergus Bowes-Lyon (b. 2005)
Parent(s)	Fergus Michael Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Mary Pamela McCorquodale
Relatives	Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (great aunt) Queen Elizabeth II (first cousin, once removed)

Michael Fergus Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, DL (born 7 June 1957), styled Lord Glamis between 1972 and 1987, is a British politician and soldier, and a first cousin, once removed, of Queen Elizabeth II.

Family and background

Lord Strathmore is the only son of Michael Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and his wife Mary Pamela, née McCorquodale. He is a great-nephew of the late Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and a first cousin, once removed, of Queen Elizabeth II.

He was educated at Sunningdale School, Eton College, the University of Aberdeen, and RMA Sandhurst. He rose to the rank of Captain in the British Army (serving with the Scots Guards). He succeeded his father as 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne in 1987.

Marriage and children

Lord Strathmore has been married three times.

In 1984 he married Isobel Charlotte Weatherall (b ca 1963), great-granddaughter of Henry Keswick and sister of businessman Percy Weatherall, Tai-Pans of Jardine Matheson. They were separated in 2003 and were finally divorced in 2005. They have the following children:

• Simon Patrick Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis (b. 18 June 1986) (heir)
• The Hon. John Fergus Bowes-Lyon (b. 1988)
• The Hon. George Norman Bowes-Lyon (b. 1991)

On 24 November 2005 at Glamis Castle he married Dr. Damaris E. Stuart-William, a clinical psychologist. They were separated in 2007 and were finally divorced in 2008. They have the following child:

• The Hon. Toby Peter Fergus Bowes-Lyon (b. 2005) (born in March; legitimised upon the marriage of his parents)

On 4 August 2012 he married Karen Baxter.

Arms

Arms of Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

Coronet A Coronet of an Earl Crest Between two Slips of Laurel a Demi Lady to the girdle habited and holding in her right hand a Thistle all proper Escutcheon Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Argent a Lion rampant Azure armed and langued Gules within a Double Tressure flory counterflory of the second (Lyon); 2nd and 3rd, Ermine three Bows strings palewise proper (Bowes); as a Royal Augmentation, granted to the holder of the Earldom only, an Inescutcheon en surtout Azure thereon a Rose Argent barbed Vert seeded Or ensigned with an Imperial Crown proper within a Double Tressure flory counterflory of the second, the said Inescutcheon ensigned with an Earl's Coronet proper Supporters On the dexter side an Unicorn Argent armed unguled maned and tufted Or, and on the sinister side a Lion per fess Or and Gules Motto In Te Domine Speravi (In Thee, O Lord, have I put my trust)

See also

• Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

Political offices
Preceded by The Lord Strathclyde	Lord-in-Waiting 1989–1992	Succeeded by The Baroness Denton of Wakefield
Preceded by The Viscount Davidson	Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1991–1994	Succeeded by The Earl of Arran
Court offices
Preceded by Simon Mulholland	Page of Honour to The Queen Mother 1971–1973	Succeeded by George Clayton
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Michael Bowes-Lyon	Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 1987–present	Incumbent Heir: Simon Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis