Patrick Bowes-Lyon


Patrick Bowes-Lyon was a British tennis player, barrister and uncle of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, mother of Queen Elizabeth II.

Career

Having been Scottish tennis champion 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.
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:
  1. Lt. Gavin Patrick - killed in action in World War I; never married, no issue
  2. Angus Patrick - committed suicide; never married, no issue
  3. Jean Barbara - never married, no issue
  4. Margaret Ann - married 2 June 1945 Lt. Col. Francis Arthur Philip D'Abreu. Had one son and two daughters: Anthony Patrick John D'Abreu, Francesca D'Abreu, and Anne Teresa Alice D'Abreu.
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)

OutcomeYearChampionshipPartnerOpponentsScore
Win1887Wimbledon Herbert Wilberforce H.J. Crispe
E. Barratt-Smith		7–5, 6–3, 6–2
Loss1888Wimbledon Herbert Wilberforce Ernest Renshaw
William Renshaw		6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6