Fergus Michael Claude Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (31 December 1928-1987), was a nephew of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...

. He was a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret.

He was the son of Captain (the) Honourable Michael Claude Hamilton Bowes-Lyon and Elizabeth Margaret Cator. His paternal grandparents were Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

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

Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, KG, KT, GCVO, TD, was a landowner and the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II....

 and Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck.

He married Mary Pamela McCorquodale on 10 April 1956. They had three children:

• Michael Fergus Bowes-Lyon, - born 7 June 1957 (m. 1984 Isobel Weatherall (div. 2005), m. 2005 Damaris Stuart-William; has issue)
• Lady Elizabeth Mary Cecilia Bowes-Lyon - born 23 December 1959, married Antony Richard Leeming in 1990.
• Lady Diana Evelyn Bowes-Lyon - born 29 December 1966, married Christopher Godfrey Faussett on 8 April 1995.

He inherited the earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne upon the death of his first cousin Timothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

Timothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

Timothy Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was a British nobleman, the second son of Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and the nephew of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, wife of King George VI...

, and held it until his death, when he was succeeded by his son.