Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne

On 16 July 1881, she married Claude Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis, at St Peter's Church, Petersham, Surrey.The Strathmore estates included two grand houses and their surroundings: Glamis Castle and St Paul's Walden Bury.[7] During World War I, Glamis Castle served as a convalescent hospital for the wounded, in which she took an active part until she developed cancer and was forced into invalidity.In January 1923 she celebrated the engagement of her youngest daughter, Elizabeth, to the King's son, Prince Albert, Duke of York, later George VI.Lady Strathmore suffered a heart attack in April 1938 during the wedding of her granddaughter, Anne Bowes-Lyon (later Princess of Denmark), to Viscount Anson.
Portrait by Philip de László , 1931
The Right Honourablewedding of Prince Albert and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-LyonBelgraviaMiddlesexMaryleboneGlamis CastleClaude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneMary Elphinstone, Lady ElphinstonePatrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneJohn Bowes-LyonFergus Bowes-LyonRose Leveson-Gower, Countess GranvilleMichael Bowes-LyonElizabeth, Queen of the United KingdomSir David Bowes-LyonCharles Cavendish-BentinckCaroline Louisa BurnabyQueen Elizabeth The Queen MotherQueen Elizabeth IIWestminsterWilliam Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of PortlandLouisaPhilip de LászlóClaude Bowes-Lyon, Lord GlamisSt Peter's Church, PetershamEarl of Strathmore and KinghorneSt Paul's Walden BuryWorld War IhysterectomyPrince Albert, Duke of YorkEdward VIII abdication crisiscoronation of their son-in-law and daughterAnne Bowes-LyondiphtheriaSt Andrew's Church, HamLady Mary Frances Bowes-LyonSidney Elphinstone, 16th Lord ElphinstonePatrick Bowes-Lyon, Lord GlamisGeorge Osborne, 10th Duke of LeedsLieutenant The Hon. John Bowes-LyonCharles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron ClintoncerebrumCaptain The Hon. Fergus Bowes-LyonLady Christian Norah Dawson-DamerGeorge Dawson-Damer, 5th Earl of PortarlingtonBattle of LoosLady Rose Constance Bowes-LyonWilliam Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl GranvilleLieutenant-Colonel The Hon. Michael Claude Hamilton Bowes-Lyonprisoner of warHolzminden prisoner-of-war campwedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-LyonFergus Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneLady Mary ColmanAlbemarle Bowes-LyonasthmaBedfordshireLady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-LyonKing George VIQueen Elizabeth IIqueen consortThe Hon. Sir David Bowes-LyonLord Charles Cavendish-BentinckLady Dorothy CavendishReverend Charles Cavendish-BentinckRichard Wellesley, 1st Marquess WellesleyAnne WellesleyHyacinthe-Gabrielle RolandEdwyn BurnabyAnne Caroline SalisburyVickers, HugoNational Portrait Gallery, London