The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | |
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Born | Simon Patrick Bowes-Lyon 18 June 1986 London, England |
Other names | Sam Bowes-Lyon Lord Strathmore Lord Glamis |
Term | 27 February 2016 – present |
Criminal charges | Sexual assault |
Criminal penalty | 10 months' imprisonment |
Criminal status | Released after serving five months |
Parent(s) | The 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Isobel Weatherall |
Simon Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 19th and 6th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (born 18 June 1986), is a Scottish peer and landowner, the owner of estates based at Glamis Castle. He is also 17th Viscount Lyon, 19th Lord Lyon and Glamis, 26th Lord Glamis, 17th Lord Glamis, Tannadyce, Sidlaw and Strathdichtie, and 7th Baron Bowes, and from birth until 2016 was known as Lord Glamis.
The eldest son of Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and his first wife, Isobel Weatherall, he is a second cousin once removed of King Charles III, whose maternal grandmother was a Bowes-Lyon.
In 2021, Lord Strathmore pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman at his ancestral home, Glamis Castle,[1] and as a result served five months in prison.