page_title: Fergus Bowes-Lyon
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Fergus Bowes-Lyon / Biography
caption_attribution_description: English: Memorial plaque to Fergus Bowes-Lyon, Black Watch Museum, Perth
context_page_description: Captain Fergus Bowes-Lyon was a British soldier and older brother of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1936 until 1952, and generally known in Great Britain as the Queen Mother. Bowes-Lyon was killed during World War I. He was a maternal uncle of the current queen, Elizabeth II.
context_section_description: Fergus was born at Forbes House in Ham, London the son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and his wife, Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck.
  He was educated at Eton College, Berkshire. He was a keen cricketer and played in the annual autumn fixtures held at the cricket ground at Glamis Castle.
  On 17 September 1914, just a fortnight after the start of World War I, he married Lady Christina Norah Dawson-Damer (7 August 1890 – 29 March 1959), daughter of the 5th Earl of Portarlington. Their daughter, Rosemary, was born the following year. Rosemary was only two months old when Fergus died in the line of duty on 27 September 1915, only 10 days after the first anniversary of his wedding. His issue:
  Rosemary Luisa Bowes-Lyon (18 July 1915 – 18 January 1989) she married Edward Wilfred George Joicey-Cecil on 28 April 1945. They have two children and four grandchildren:
  James David Edward Joicey-Cecil (24 September 1946) he married Jane Susanna Brydon Adeley on 5 April 1975. They have two daughters:
  Katherine Mary Joicey-Cecil (7 June 1978)
  Susanna Maud Joicey-Cecil (25 March 1981)
  Elizabeth Anne Joicey-Cecil (8 February 1950) she married Alastair Richard Malcolm on 16 March 1971. They have two sons:
  Colin Andrew Fergus Malcolm (6 June 1973)
  William James Ronald Malcolm (10 October 1975)
caption: Memorial plaque to Fergus Bowes-Lyon, Black Watch Museum, Perth
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