Patrick Bowes-Lyon (5 March 1863 – 5 October 1946) was a British

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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

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. As a younger brother of

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

, who was Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon's father, he was a great-uncle of Queen Elizabeth II. He stood as the Conservative Party candidate for

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Personal life

The fifth of seven sons and one of the eleven children of

Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (21 July 182416 February 1904), styled The Honourable Claude Bowes-Lyon from 1847 to 1865, was a British peer. He was the 13th holder of the Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne, the pater ...

and of

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, 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

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; 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)

Notes

References

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Patrick Bowes-Lyon 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 ...

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