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Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

1855 - 1944

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Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th and 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (14 March 1855 – 7 November 1944), styled as Lord Glamis from 1865 to 1904, was a British peer and landowner who was the father of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne is the 539th most popular nobleman (down from 391st in 2024), the 1,660th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,231st in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne ranks 539 out of 1,415. Before him are Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Rupert II, Elector Palatine, Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany, Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, and Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy. After him are Pontus De la Gardie, Bernhard, Count of Anhalt, Elizabeth of Sicily, Queen of Hungary, Anna Sforza, Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg, and Louis I, Count of Blois.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne ranks 29. Before him are Robert de Montesquiou, Živojin Mišić, Guido Adler, Louis de Beaufront, Vlaho Bukovac, and Axel Paulsen. After him are Robert Koldewey, David Bruce, Paul Émile Appell, Edwin Hall, Alexandros Zaimis, and Vsevolod Garshin. Among people deceased in 1944, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne ranks 112. Before him are Paul Cornu, Jean Tatlock, Harold Lowe, Takeo Takagi, Rudolf Schmundt, and Ulrich von Hassell. After him are Lina Cavalieri, Petr Ginz, Hellmuth Stieff, Fritz Witt, Józef Beck, and Missak Manouchian.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne ranks 1,660 out of 8,785. Before him are Mark Phillips (1948), David Garrick (1717), Emily Blunt (1983), Greer Garson (1904), Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933), and Spencer Perceval (1762). After him are Fletcher Christian (1764), Sandie Shaw (1947), Reginald Pole (1500), Edward Turner Bennett (1797), Paul Ritter (1966), and John Christopher (1922).

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Among NOBLEMEN In United Kingdom

Among noblemen born in United Kingdom, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne ranks 52. Before him are Louise d'Orléans (1869), Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001), Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (1424), Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (1480), Frances Shand Kydd (1936), and Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933). After him are Princess Augusta of Great Britain (1737), Prince William, Duke of Gloucester (1689), Princess Beatrice of York (1988), Eleanor of Woodstock (1318), Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415), and Princess Eugenie of York (1990).

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