Simon Bowes-Lyon, 19th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

Simon Bowes-Lyon was born on the 18 June 1986.[2] His father, Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was a politician and soldier, as well as peer.[3] His mother is Isobel Weatherall, daughter of Captain Anthony Edward Weatherall. His parents divorced in 2004.[4]

From birth until 2016, as the eldest son of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Bowes-Lyon used the courtesy title Lord Glamis. He is also known informally as "Sam."[5] Lord Strathmore is a great-great-nephew of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and thus a first cousin, twice-removed of Queen Elizabeth II. In 2002, he walked alongside his father and members of the royal family behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother during her funeral.[6]

Upon the death of his father, Bowes-Lyon succeeded his father as 19th Earl on 27 February 2016.[3] As of 2019, he lives at Glamis Castle.[7] Part of his work to run the Glamis estate includes working with Reiver Travel which arranges luxury holidays in Scotland[8] and in 2017 he decided to renovate Glamis House and open it up as a self-catering property for rent.[9] From 2016 to 2018, he was a director of Ark Hill Wind Farm Ltd.[10] He is the chieftain of the Strathmore Highland Games[11] which meet annually in the grounds of Glamis Castle.[12]

In 2010, Bowes-Lyon was convicted of speeding by riding his motorbike at 100 mph on a public road with a 60 mph limit. He was banned from driving for nine months.[6]

In June 2020, Durham Police contacted the Earl for violating the COVID-19 related travel restrictions then in place. A report said he travelled 200 miles to Holwick Lodge, Middleton-in-Teesdale, and that his butler was spotted buying newspapers.[13]

In 2021, Lord Strathmore was charged with sexual assault after admitting to attacking a 26-year-old woman at his Scottish home, Glamis Castle in early 2020.[14] On 12 January 2021, he was granted bail and placed on the Violent and Sex Offender Register by Sheriff Alistair Carmichael at Dundee Sheriff Court. Sentencing was deferred for reports.[5] His conviction attracted attention in both the British and the international press.[14][15] In particular, The Times newspaper reported that there were calls for Bowes-Lyon to be removed from his role as the Chieftain of the annual Strathmore Highland Games.[11]

• 18 June 1986 − 27 February 2016: Lord Glamis[16]
• 27 February 2016 – present: The Right Honourable The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

In addition to the Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Strathmore holds the subsidiary titles 17th Viscount Lyon, 19th Lord Lyon and Glamis, 26th Lord Glamis, 17th Lord Glamis, Tannadyce, Sidlaw and Strathdichtie and 7th Baron Bowes, of Streatlam Castle.[17]