James Bowes-Lyon

Major-General Sir Francis James Cecil Bowes-Lyon, (19 September 1917 – 18 December 1977) was a senior British Army officer who served as commandant of the British Sector in Berlin from 1968 to 1970.

Early life and education Bowes-Lyon was born in Chelsea, London, the son of Captain Geoffrey Francis Bowes-Lyon, grandson of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Frances Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. He was thus a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. His mother was Edith Katherine Selby-Bigge, daughter of Sir Amherst Selby-Bigge, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Eton College and Sandhurst. and served in the Guards Armoured Division during the Second World War. and David, and a daughter, Fiona. The family lived at Sennicotts in West Sussex. He was a Gentleman Usher to the Royal Household.