Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon
First cousins of Queen Elizabeth II
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- Nerissa Jane Irene Bowes-Lyon (18 February 1919 – 22 January 1986) and Katherine Juliet Bowes-Lyon (4 July 1926 – 23 February 2014) were two mentally disabled daughters of John Herbert Bowes-Lyon and his wife Fenella (née Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis).
- Their father, the second son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was a brother of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Duchess of York, the future Queen Elizabeth II's mother.
- Their father died 7 February 1930 after having contracted pneumonia at the age of 43, leaving their mother alone to care for their four young children.
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WikipediaNerissa Jane Irene Bowes-Lyon (18 February 1919 – 22 January 1986) and Katherine Juliet Bowes-Lyon (4 July 1926 – 23 February 2014) were two mentally disabled daughters of John Herbert Bowes-Lyon and his wife Fenella (née Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis). John was the brother of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, thus his two daughters were the maternal first cousins of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, sharing one pair of grandparents, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
Nerissa Bowes-Lyon was born on 18 February 1919 and Katherine Bowes-Lyon was born on 4 July 1926, the daughters of John Herbert Bowes-Lyon and Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis. Their father, the second son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was a brother of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Duchess of York, the future Queen Elizabeth II's mother. Their mother was the younger daughter of Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton.
The sisters’ maternal great-grandparents Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton and his wife Harriet Williamina Hepburn-Forbes had been first cousins and their son (the sisters maternal grand-father) Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton, married his second cousin once removed Lady Jane McDonnell.
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