About Patrick Bowes-Lyon
Lived 1863 – 1946 (aged 83). Patrick Bowes-Lyon was a British tennis player, military officer and barrister.
Patrick Bowes-Lyon (5 March 1863 – 5 October 1946) was a British tennis player, barrister and uncle of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, mother of Queen Elizabeth II.
Career He won the Scottish Championships in 1885, 1886 and 1888, he won the doubles at Wimbledon alongside Herbert Wilberforce. As a younger brother of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, who was Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon's father, he was a great-uncle of Queen Elizabeth II and Herbert Bowes-Lyon who also played tennis.
He stood as the Conservative Party candidate for Barnard Castle.
Personal life The fifth of seven sons and one of the eleven children of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and of Frances Dora Smith, he married Alice Wiltshire, daughter of George Wiltshire, on 9 August 1893.
He and his wife Alice had four children: Lt. Gavin Patrick (13 December 1895 – 27 November 1917) – killed in action in World War I; never married, no issue Angus Patrick (22 October 1899 – 10 July 1923) – committed suicide; never married, no issue Jean Barbara (9 October 1904 – 7 January 1963) – never married, no issue Margaret Ann (14 June 1907 – 14 August 1999) – married 2 June 1945 Lt. Col. Francis Arthur Philip D'Abreu (1 October 1904 – 6 November 1995). Had one son and two daughters: Anthony Patrick John D'Abreu (born 17 March 1946), Francesca D'Abreu (born 7 February 1948), and Anne Teresa Alice D'Abreu (16 February 1950 – 17 April 1995).
Besides being a British tennis player, he was also known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's paternal uncle. He was a guest at her wedding to Prince Albert in 1923.
He died on 5 October 1946, aged 83. His widow died in 1953 at the age of 86.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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Who was Patrick Bowes-Lyon?
English tennis player (1863–1946)
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Patrick Bowes-Lyon was born on 5 March 1863 in Belgravia.
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Patrick Bowes-Lyon died on 5 October 1946 in Westerham (Feldkirchen-Westerham).
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Patrick Bowes-Lyon was a tennis player, military officer and barrister.
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Patrick Bowes-Lyon was British.
Sources & further reading
· Wikipedia: Patrick Bowes-Lyon
· DBpedia: Patrick Bowes-Lyon (tennis)
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