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- 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: garryq
- SpouseRachel Clay(February 6, 1929 - September 13, 1961) (his death, 2 children)
- RelativesQueen Elizabeth the Queen Mother(Sibling)Nerissa Bowes-Lyon(Niece or Nephew)Queen Elizabeth II(Niece or Nephew)Princess Margaret(Niece or Nephew)Margaret Rhodes(Niece or Nephew)Katherine Bowes-Lyon(Niece or Nephew)
- Nephew by marriage of John Jacob Astor.
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