Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne


The Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne

The Countess in 1923, during the wedding of Prince Albert and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, her son-in-law and daughter
BornCecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck
(1862-09-11)11 September 1862
Belgravia, Middlesex, England
Died23 June 1938(1938-06-23) (aged 75)
Marylebone, London, England
BuriedGlamis Castle
Spouse(s)
(m. 1881)
Issue
FatherCharles Cavendish-Bentinck
MotherCaroline Louisa Burnaby

Cecilia Nina Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne GCVO (née Cavendish-Bentinck; 11 September 1862 – 23 June 1938) was the mother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and maternal grandmother and godmother of Queen Elizabeth II.