The Hon Violet Hyacinth Bowes-Lyon died of diptheria, aged 11. Her father was Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, KG, KT, GCVO, TD, maternal grandfather to Queen Elizabeth II. Violet Bowes-Lyon was elder sister to Elizabeth, The Queen Mother and aunt to Queen Elizabeth II, though she died 7 years before the birth of her sister, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. As she died before her father became Earl, Violet Bowes-Lyon never inherited the title of Lady. Claude Bowes-Lyon lived 14 March 1855 – 7 November 1944.
The Hon Violet Hyacinth Bowes-Lyon died of diptheria, aged 11. Her father was Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, KG, KT, GCVO, TD, maternal grandfather to Queen Elizabeth II. Violet Bowes-Lyon was elder sister to Elizabeth, The Queen Mother and aunt to Queen Elizabeth II, though she died 7 years before the birth of her sister, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. As she died before her father became Earl, Violet Bowes-Lyon never inherited the title of Lady. Claude Bowes-Lyon lived 14 March 1855 – 7 November 1944.
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Rest in peace, a soul gone too soon
Family Members
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Mary Frances Bowes-Lyon Buller Fullerton Elphinstone
1883–1961
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Patrick Bowes-Lyon
1884–1949
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John Herbert Bowes-Lyon
1886–1930
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Fergus Bowes-Lyon
1889–1915
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Rose Constance Bowes-Lyon Leveson-Gower
1890–1967
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Michael Claude Hamilton Bowes-Lyon
1893–1953
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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
1900–2002
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David Bowes-Lyon
1902–1961
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