British peer and sex offender
The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
|
---|
Born
| Simon Patrick Bowes-Lyon
(
1986-06-18
)
18 June 1986
(age 37)
London, England
|
---|
Other names
| Sam Bowes-Lyon
Lord Strathmore
Lord Glamis
|
---|
Term
| 27 February 2016 ? present
|
---|
Criminal charges
| Sexual assault
|
---|
Criminal penalty
| 10 months' imprisonment
|
---|
Criminal status
| Released after serving five months
|
---|
Parent(s)
| The 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Isobel Weatherall
|
---|
Simon Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 19th and 6th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
(born 18 June 1986), is a
Scottish peer and landowner, the owner of estates based at
Glamis Castle
. He is also 17th Viscount Lyon, 19th Lord Lyon and Glamis, 26th Lord Glamis, 17th Lord Glamis, Tannadyce, Sidlaw and Strathdichtie, and 7th Baron Bowes, and from birth until 2016 was known as
Lord Glamis
.
The eldest son of
Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
, and his first wife, Isobel Weatherall, he is a second cousin once removed of
King Charles III
, whose
maternal grandmother
was a
Bowes-Lyon
.
He is chieftain of the Strathmore Highland Games.
In 2021, Lord Strathmore pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman at his ancestral home, Glamis Castle,
[1]
and as a result served five months in prison.
Biography
[
edit
]
Strathmore was born on 18 June 1986 into the Bowes-Lyon family.
[2]
His father,
Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
, was a politician, soldier, and business man, as well as a hereditary peer.
[3]
His mother is Isobel Weatherall, daughter of Captain Anthony Edward Weatherall. He attended
Sunningdale School
.
[4]
His parents divorced in 2004.
[5]
Lord Strathmore is a great-great-nephew of
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
and thus a second cousin once removed of
King Charles III
. In 2002, he walked alongside his father and members of the
royal family
behind the coffin of the Queen Mother during
her funeral
.
[6]
On his father's death on 27 February 2016, the then-Lord Glamis succeeded as 19th Earl.
[3]
In 2019, he was living at
Glamis Castle
.
[7]
Running the Glamis estate includes work with Reiver Travel, which arranges exclusive holidays in Scotland.
[8]
In 2017 Strathmore decided to renovate Glamis House, a property on his estate and a childhood home of the Queen Mother, for use as a self-catering holiday home.
[9]
From 2016 to 2018, he was a director of Ark Hill Wind Farm Ltd.
[10]
Lord Strathmore is the chieftain of the Strathmore Highland Games,
[11]
which takes place annually in the grounds of Glamis Castle.
[12]
Controversy
[
edit
]
Speeding conviction
[
edit
]
In 2010, Lord Glamis, as he then was styled, was convicted of speeding by riding his motorbike at 100 mph (160 km/h) on a public road with a 60 mph (97 km/h) limit. He was banned from driving for nine months.
[6]
COVID-19 violation
[
edit
]
In June 2020,
Durham Police
contacted the Earl for violating the
COVID-19
-related travel restrictions then in place. A report said Lord Strathmore travelled 200 miles (320 km) to
Holwick Lodge
,
Middleton-in-Teesdale
, and that his butler was spotted buying newspapers.
[13]
Sexual assault conviction
[
edit
]
In 2021, Lord Strathmore was charged with
sexual assault
after admitting to attacking a 26-year-old woman at his Scottish home,
Glamis Castle
, in early 2020.
[14]
On 12 January 2021, Strathmore was granted bail and placed on the
Violent and Sex Offender Register
(ViSOR) by
Sheriff
Alistair Carmichael at
Dundee
Sheriff Court
. His conviction attracted attention in both the British and the international press, due to his connection with the
royal family
.
[14]
[15]
[16]
[17]
[18]
The Times
reported calls for Lord Strathmore to be removed as the Chieftain of the annual Strathmore Highland Games.
[11]
On 23 February 2021, he was sentenced to ten months' imprisonment and placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years.
[19]
He was released after serving five
months.
[20]
Drink driving conviction
[
edit
]
On 10 November 2023, the Earl was convicted of drink driving at
Perth Sheriff Court
. The Earl gave a reading of 55
mcg
per 100
ml of breath; the legal limit is 22
mcg, therefore, he was 2.5
times over the legal limit. As part of a plea deal with the
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
a charge of driving at 88 mph (142 km/h) was dropped. He was banned from driving for a period of 16 months and ordered to pay a fine of £1000.
[21]
Titles and styles
[
edit
]
- 18 June 1986 ? 27 February 2016: Lord Glamis
[22]
- 27 February 2016 ? present:
The Right Honourable
The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
In addition to the
Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne
, Strathmore holds the following subsidiary titles: 17th
Viscount
Lyon, 19th Lord Lyon and Glamis, 26th Lord Glamis, 17th Lord Glamis, Tannadyce, Sidlaw and Strathdichtie, and 7th
Baron
Bowes, of
Streatlam Castle
.
[23]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
Currie, Gordon (12 January 2021).
"Queen's cousin Simon Bowes-Lyon faces jail after sex attack at Glamis Castle"
.
The Times
. Retrieved
13 January
2021
.
(subscription required)
- ^
Currie, Gordon (12 January 2021).
"Royal family member faces prison sentence over violent sex assault in Scottish ancestral home"
.
The Scotsman
. Retrieved
14 January
2021
.
- ^
a
b
"Obituary: Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and businessman"
.
The Scotsman
. 5 March 2016
. Retrieved
14 January
2021
.
- ^
"Old Boys".
School Notes
. Sunningdale School: 6. Summer 2017.
- ^
"The Earl of Strathmore, the Queen's cousin, has passed away"
.
Royal Central
. 29 February 2016
. Retrieved
13 January
2021
.
- ^
a
b
Ward, Victoria (12 January 2021).
"Queen's cousin faces jail after admitting sexual assault"
.
The Daily Telegraph
. Retrieved
13 January
2021
.
(subscription required)
- ^
Pickup, Gilly (7 March 2019).
The 50 Greatest Castles and Palaces of the World
. Icon Books.
ISBN
9781785784583
.
- ^
King, Steven (9 August 2020).
"How to live like laird in your own Scottish castle"
.
The Telegraph
. Archived from
the original
on 10 August 2020
. Retrieved
14 January
2021
.
- ^
Carruth, Karen (15 January 2018).
"Live like a Royal at Glamis House"
.
The Scottish Farmer
. Glasgow: Newsquest
. Retrieved
16 January
2021
.
- ^
"Strathmore And Kinghorne Simon Patrick BOWES LYON"
.
Companies House
. Retrieved
15 January
2021
.
- ^
a
b
Horne, Marc (14 January 2021).
"Call to strip sex offender Simon Bowes-Lyon of chieftain title"
.
The Times
. Retrieved
16 January
2021
.
(subscription required)
- ^
"Information"
.
Strathmore Highland Games
. Retrieved
23 February
2021
.
- ^
White, Roland (14 June 2020).
"Laird lured to Barnard Castle"
.
The Times
. Retrieved
10 September
2020
.
(subscription required)
- ^
a
b
"Earl of Strathmore admits sex attack at Glamis Castle home"
.
BBC News
. 12 January 2021
. Retrieved
13 January
2021
.
- ^
Friedmann, Chloe (13 January 2021).
"Simon Bowes-Lyon, un cousin d'Elizabeth II, risque la prison pour agression sexuelle"
[Simon Bowes-Lyon, a cousin of Elizabeth II, faces prison for sexual assault].
Le Figaro
(in French)
. Retrieved
14 January
2021
.
- ^
"Kuzyn krolowej El?biety II oskar?ony o prob? gwałtu. M??czyzna przyznał si? do winy"
[Queen Elizabeth II's cousin accused of attempted rape. The man pleaded guilty].
Dzie? Dobry TVN
(in Polish). 13 January 2021
. Retrieved
14 January
2021
.
- ^
"Cousin der Queen droht Haftstrafe wegen sexuellen Ubergriffs"
[Queen's cousin faces prison sentence for sexual assault].
Stuttgarter Nachrichten
(in German). 13 January 2021. Archived from
the original
on 19 June 2021
. Retrieved
14 January
2021
.
- ^
Nolasco, Stephanie (15 January 2021).
"Queen Elizabeth's relative, Earl of Strathmore, pleads guilty to sexually assaulting a woman: reports"
.
Fox News
. Retrieved
16 January
2021
.
- ^
"Relative of Queen jailed for sexually assaulting woman at Scottish castle"
.
The Guardian
. 23 February 2021
. Retrieved
23 February
2021
.
- ^
Vanderhoof, Erin (9 August 2021).
"The Queen's Cousin Simon Bowes-Lyon Is Released From Prison After Serving Five Months for Sexual Assault"
.
Vanity Fair
.
- ^
"Simon Bowes-Lyon: Road ban for earl who admitted drink-driving"
.
BBC News Online
. 9 November 2023
. Retrieved
15 November
2023
.
- ^
"The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne - obituary"
.
The Daily Telegraph
. 29 February 2016.
- ^
Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003).
Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage
. Vol. 3 (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage and Gentry LLC. pp. 3783?4.
|
---|
Sorted by (historical) entity at time of grant
|
England
|
- Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Shrewsbury
- Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby
- William Hastings-Bass, 17th Earl of Huntingdon
- William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke
- Charles Courtenay, 19th Earl of Devon
- Robert Fiennes-Clinton, 19th Earl of Lincoln
- Alexander Howard, 22nd Earl of Suffolk
- William Herbert, 15th Earl of Montgomery
- Alexander Feilding, 12th Earl of Denbigh
- Anthony Fane, 16th Earl of Westmorland
- Alexander Howard, 15th Earl of Berkshire
- Richard Bertie, 14th Earl of Lindsey
- Daniel Finch-Hatton, 17th Earl of Winchilsea
- John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich
- Paul Capell, 11th Earl of Essex
- George Howard, 13th Earl of Carlisle
- Nicholas Ashley-Cooper, 12th Earl of Shaftesbury
- Daniel Finch-Hatton, 12th Earl of Nottingham
- Richard Bertie, 9th Earl of Abingdon
- Timothy Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland
- Richard Lumley, 13th Earl of Scarbrough
- Rufus Keppel, 10th Earl of Albemarle
- George Coventry, 13th Earl of Coventry
- William Child Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey
| |
---|
Scotland
|
- Alistair Sutherland, 25th Earl of Sutherland
- Anthony Lindsay, 30th Earl of Crawford
- Margaret of Mar, 31st Countess of Mar
- Merlin Hay, 24th Earl of Erroll
- Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness
- Stewart Douglas, 22nd Earl of Morton
- James Leslie, 22nd Earl of Rothes
- Henry Erskine, 18th Earl of Buchan
- Hugh Montgomerie, 19th Earl of Eglinton
- John Stuart, 21st Earl of Moray
- James Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar
- Michael Douglas-Home, 16th Earl of Home
- James David Drummond, 10th Earl of Perth
- Simon Bowes-Lyon, 19th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
- James Erskine, 16th Earl of Kellie
- George Baillie-Hamilton, 14th Earl of Haddington
- Andrew Stewart, 14th Earl of Galloway
- Ian Maitland, 18th Earl of Lauderdale
- James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay
- Simon Abney-Hastings, 15th Earl of Loudoun
- Charles Hay, 16th Earl of Kinnoull
- Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin
- James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss
- James Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie
- David Ogilvy, 14th Earl of Airlie
- Alexander Leslie-Melville, 15th Earl of Leven
- John Grant, 13th Earl of Dysart
- John Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Selkirk
- Patrick Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk
- Andrew Bruce, 15th Earl of Kincardine
- Anthony Lindsay, 13th Earl of Balcarres
- Filippo Rospigliosi, 12th Earl of Newburgh
- Alexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee
- Patrick Hope-Johnstone, 11th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell
- Iain Cochrane, 15th Earl of Dundonald
- James Keith, 14th Earl of Kintore
- Malcolm Murray, 12th Earl of Dunmore
- Alexander Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Melville
- Peter St John, 9th Earl of Orkney
- James Charteris, 9th Earl of March
- Ian Ogilvie-Grant, 13th Earl of Seafield
- John Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair
- Neil Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery
- Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow
|
---|
Great
Britain
|
- Robert Shirley, 14th Earl Ferrers
- William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth
- Peter Bennett, 10th Earl of Tankerville
- Charles Finch-Knightley, 12th Earl of Aylesford
- Richard Parker, 9th Earl of Macclesfield
- James Waldegrave, 13th Earl Waldegrave
- Charles Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington
- Quentin Wallop, 10th Earl of Portsmouth
- Guy Greville, 9th Earl Brooke
- George Hobart-Hampden, 10th Earl of Buckinghamshire
- Piers North, 10th Earl of Guilford
- Joseph Yorke, 10th Earl of Hardwicke
- Robin Fox-Strangways, 10th Earl of Ilchester
- Guy Greville, 9th Earl of Warwick
- William Sackville, 11th Earl De La Warr
- William Pleydell-Bouverie, 9th Earl of Radnor
- Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer
- Allen Bathurst, 9th Earl Bathurst
- George Villiers, 8th Earl of Clarendon
- Alexander Murray, 8th and 9th Earl of Mansfield
- Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 7th Earl Talbot
- Christopher Edgcumbe, 9th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
- Charles Fortescue, 8th Earl Fortescue
- Alexander Murray, 9th Earl of Mansfield
- George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon
- Edward Cadogan, 9th Earl Cadogan
- James Harris, 7th Earl of Malmesbury
|
---|
Ireland
| Kingdom of Ireland
|
- Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Waterford
- John Boyle, 15th Earl of Cork
- William Anthony Nugent, 13th Earl of Westmeath
- John Brabazon, 15th Earl of Meath
- Alexander Feilding, 11th Earl of Desmond
- Roger Lambart, 13th Earl of Cavan
- John Boyle, 15th Earl of Orrery
- Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda
- Peter Forbes, 10th Earl of Granard
- Ivo Bligh, 12th Earl of Darnley
- Myles Ponsonby, 12th Earl of Bessborough
- Thomas Butler, 11th Earl of Carrick
- Henry Boyle, 10th Earl of Shannon
- Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran
- Patrick Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown
- John Savile, 8th Earl of Mexborough
- David Turnour, 8th Earl Winterton
- Robert King-Tenison, 12th Earl of Kingston
- Robert Jocelyn, 10th Earl of Roden
- David Vaughan, 9th Earl of Lisburne
- Patrick Meade, 8th Earl of Clanwilliam
- Randal McDonnell, 10th Earl of Antrim
- Thomas Pakenham, 8th Earl of Longford
- George Dawson-Damer, 7th Earl of Portarlington
- Charles Bourke, 11th Earl of Mayo
- Michael Annesley, 12th Earl Annesley
- Andrew Cole, 7th Earl of Enniskillen
- John Crichton, 7th Earl Erne
- George Bingham, 8th Earl of Lucan
- John Lowry-Corry, 8th Earl Belmore
- Andrew Stuart, 9th Earl Castle Stewart
- Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon
- Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 8th Earl of Donoughmore
|
---|
After 1801
| |
---|
|
---|
United
Kingdom
| King George III
|
- Peter St Clair-Erskine, 7th Earl of Rosslyn
- Benjamin Craven, 9th Earl of Craven
- Rupert Onslow, 8th Earl of Onslow
- Julian Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney
- John Pelham, 9th Earl of Chichester
- Francis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton
- John Herbert, 8th Earl of Powis
- Simon Nelson, 10th Earl Nelson
- Philip Kent Grey, 7th Earl Grey
- William Lowther, 9th Earl of Lonsdale
- Conroy Ryder, 8th Earl of Harrowby
|
---|
Prince Regent
| |
---|
King George IV
| |
---|
King William IV
| |
---|
Queen Victoria
|
- Thomas Coke, 8th Earl of Leicester
- Anthony Noel, 6th Earl of Gainsborough
- William Byng, 9th Earl of Strafford
- Mark Pepys, 9th Earl of Cottenham
- Graham Wellesley, 8th Earl Cowley
- David Ward, 5th Earl of Dudley
- Hugh Montgomerie, 7th Earl of Winton
- John Russell, 7th Earl Russell
- John Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Cromartie
- John Wodehouse, 5th Earl of Kimberley
- Richard Wortley, 5th Earl of Wharncliffe
- Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns
- John Lytton, 5th Earl of Lytton
- William Palmer, 5th Earl of Selborne
- John Northcote, 5th Earl of Iddesleigh
- Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl of Cranbrook
|
---|
King Edward VII
| |
---|
King George V
|
- Neil Primrose, 3rd Earl of Midlothian
- Michael Hicks Beach, 3rd Earl St Aldwyn
- David Beatty, 3rd Earl Beatty
- Alexander Haig, 3rd Earl Haig
- Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh
- Roderick Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour
- Raymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith
- Patrick Jellicoe, 3rd Earl Jellicoe
- Peter Mackay, 4th Earl of Inchcape
- William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel
|
---|
King George VI
| |
---|
Queen Elizabeth II
| |
---|
|
---|
Italics
in entries mean the peer also holds a previously listed earldom of higher precedence
|