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Michael Fergus Bowes-lyon, 18th Earl Of Strathmore And Kinghorne




He was educated at Sunningdale Preparatory School , Eton , the University Of Aberdeen , and RMA Sandhurst . He rose to the rank of Captain in the British Army (serving with the Scots Guards ). He is a nephew of the Queen Mother and first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II .

He succeeded his father as 18th Earl Of Strathmore And Kinghorne in 1987 . He was one of the peers excluded from the House Of Lords by the House Of Lords Act 1999 .

In 1984, he married Isobel Charlotte Weatherall and is the father of three sons:


The Strathmores separated in 2003 and a year later became embroiled in a divorce suit much publicized in the press. According to a 9 January 2005 article in " The Scotsman ," the countess was battling to continue to live at Glamis Castle and to receive a lump settlement of five million pounds while the earl was described in court as an alcoholic with liver damage and for whom the continued stress of the case posed a health danger. The same article reported that a tabloid had revealed that during the earl's separation from his wife, he had hired the services of three call girls over a period of four days, behavior that his lawyer deemed out-of-character and related to his "drinking heavily." In January 2005, Lady Strathmore dropped her demands and the divorce was finalized.

He married for a second time on November 24 2005 to Dr. Damaris Stuart-William at the family seat of Glamis Castle and had a son:

  • Hon. Toby Peter Fergus Bowes-Lyon b. 2005