David Bowes-Lyon(1902-1961)
David Bowes-Lyon was the sixth son of the ten children of Claude George
Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. His elder sister
became Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
He was at the Ministry of Economic Warfare in 1940 before moving to the British Embassy in Washington between 1942 and 1944.
In 1929 he married the Grandaughter of William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor, the American founder of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, who became a naturalized British subject in 1899. He was created a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1957 by his niece, Queen Elizabeth II without Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's advice.
He was at the Ministry of Economic Warfare in 1940 before moving to the British Embassy in Washington between 1942 and 1944.
In 1929 he married the Grandaughter of William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor, the American founder of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, who became a naturalized British subject in 1899. He was created a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1957 by his niece, Queen Elizabeth II without Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's advice.
