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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Biography of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England 1900-2002

Paternal Family Tree: Lyon

Maternal Family Tree: Mary Garritt

1923 Wedding of George VI and Elizabeth Bowes Lyon

1936 Abdication of King Edward VIII

1952 Death of George VI Accession of Elizabeth II

On 16th July 1881 [her father] Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 26) and [her mother] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 18) were married at the Church of St Peter Petersham, Surrey. He the son of [her grandfather] Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 56) and [her grandmother] Frances Dora Smith Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 48).

On 4th August 1900 Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England was born to Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 45) and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 37).

On 23rd September 1900 Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England was christened at All Saints Church, Hitchin. Her godmothers included [her aunt] Maud Bowes-Lyon (age 30) and Mary Venetia Cavendish-Bentinck (age 39).

In 1912 George Holford (age 51) and Susannah West Wilson (age 47) were married at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. [her future husband] King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 16), Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 11), Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England (age 67) and Princess Victoria Windsor (age 43) were present. The Times reported ... "The aisle was lined by non-commissioned officers of the bridegroom's old regiment the 1st Life Guards. The bride who was given away by her two sons, wore a gown of old Point d'Alençon lace with a train of gold brocade veiled in chiffon. Instead of a hat she wore a headdress of gold lace and pink roses and she carried a bouquet of orchids ... The King and Queen gave Sir George Holford a pair of sleeve links bearing the Royal monogram in diamonds and rubies."

On 28th February 1922 Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood (age 39) and [her future sister-in-law] Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood (age 24) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. His best-man was Major Victor Mackenzie 3rd Baronet (age 39). Her bridesmaids included Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox (age 25), Mary Cambridge Duchess Beaufort (age 24), Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (age 21), Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk (age 28), Rachel Cavendish (age 20), Helen Diana Bridgeman (age 14), Mary Beatrice Thynne Baroness Nunburnholme (age 18) and Princess May of Teck (age 16). The wedding was attending by her father and mother [her future father-in-law] King George V of the United Kingdom (age 56) and [her future mother-in-law] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 54). She the daughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England. He the son of Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood (age 75) and Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood (age 63).

Wedding of George VI and Elizabeth Bowes Lyon

On 26th April 1923 King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 27) and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 22) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She the daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 68) and Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 60). He the son of King George V of the United Kingdom (age 57) and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 55).

Mary Elphinstone (age 12) and Cecilia Bowes-Lyon (age 11) were bridesmaids.

1925. Philip de László (age 55). Portrait of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 24).

On 21st April 1926 [her daughter] Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom was born to [her husband] King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 30) and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 25).

On 31st March 1928 [her brother-in-law] Henry Windsor 1st Duke Gloucester (age 28) was created 1st Duke Gloucester.

On 6th October 1929 Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood (age 83) died. His son Henry (age 47) succeeded 6th Earl Harewood in Yorkshire, 6th Viscount Lascelles, 6th Baron Harewood of Harewood in Yorkshire. [her sister-in-law] Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood (age 32) by marriage Countess Harewood in Yorkshire.

On 21st August 1930 [her daughter] Princess Margaret was born to [her husband] King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 34) and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 30) at Glamis Castle.

On 9th October 1934 [her brother-in-law] Prince George Windsor 1st Duke Kent (age 31) was created 1st Duke Kent.

On 29th November 1934 [her brother-in-law] Prince George Windsor 1st Duke Kent (age 31) and Princess Marina Glücksburg Duchess Kent (age 27) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Kent. The wedding was followed by a Greek ceremony in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace [Map]. She had eight bridesmaids: her first cousins Princess Irene Glücksburg (age 30), He the son of [her father-in-law] King George V of the United Kingdom (age 69) and [her mother-in-law] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 67). They were second cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 6th November 1935 [her brother-in-law] Henry Windsor 1st Duke Gloucester (age 35) and Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas-Scott Duchess Gloucester (age 33) were married at Buckingham Palace [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Gloucester. She the daughter of John Scott 7th Duke Buccleuch 9th Duke Queensberry (deceased) and Margaret Alice "Molly" Bridgeman Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury (age 63). He the son of [her father-in-law] King George V of the United Kingdom (age 70) and [her mother-in-law] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 68).

On 20th January 1936 [her father-in-law] King George V of the United Kingdom (age 70) died. His son [her brother-in-law] Edward (age 41) succeeded VIII King of the United Kingdom. Duke York merged with the crown.

Abdication of King Edward VIII

On 11th December 1936 [her brother-in-law] King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (age 42) abdicated VIII King of the United Kingdom. [her husband] King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 40) succeeded VI King of the United Kingdom. Duke York merged with the Crown.

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 3rd June 1937 [her brother-in-law] King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (age 42) and Wallis Warfield aka Simpson Duchess of Windsor (age 40) were married at the Château de Candé. No member of his family attended. He the son of [her father-in-law] King George V of the United Kingdom and [her mother-in-law] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 70).

On 23rd June 1938 [her mother] Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 75) died.

Before 25th April 1939 Thomas William Anson (age 26) and Anne Ferelith Bowes-Lyon (age 21) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map]. The wedding was attended by the [her husband] King (age 43) and Queen (age 38), Princesses [her daughter] Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 13) and [her daughter] Princess Margaret (age 8) - see Pathe. He the son of Thomas Edward Anson 4th Earl Lichfield (age 55) and Evelyn Maud Keppel Countess Lichfield (age 52).

In 1941 Hugh Molyneux 7th Earl of Sefton (age 42) and Josephine Gwynne Armstrong Countess Sefton (age 38). Whilst he was a good friend of the [her brother-in-law] Duke of Windsor (age 46), his wife was a good friend of the Duke's wife Wallis Warfield aka Simpson Duchess of Windsor (age 44). Josephine Gwynne Armstrong Countess Sefton by marriage Countess Sefton.

On 7th November 1944 [her father] Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne (age 89) died. His son [her brother] Patrick (age 60) succeeded 15th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne. Dorothy Beatrix Godolphin Osborne (age 55) by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne.

On 21st October 1947 David Allan Bethell 5th Baron Westbury (age 25) and Ursula James (age 23) were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. Princesses [her daughter] Elizabeth (age 21) and [her daughter] Margaret (age 17) attended the wedding, as did the [her brother-in-law] Duke (age 47) and Duchess (age 45) of Gloucester.

On 20th November 1947 [her son-in-law] Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh (age 26) and [her daughter] Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 21) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. She the daughter of [her husband] King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 51) and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 47). They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

On 29th September 1949 George Henry Hubert Lascelles 7th Earl Harewood (age 26) and Marion Stein Countess Harewood (age 22) were married at St Mark's Church North Audley Street. [her husband] King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 53), his uncle, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 49), [her mother-in-law] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 82) [her sister-in-law] Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood (age 52), his mother, and other members of the Royal family attended the wedding. He the son of Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood and Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood.

Marion Stein Countess Harewood: On 18th October 1926 she was born at Vienna [Map]. On 6th March 2014 she died.

On 16th September 1950 Prince George Valdemar Carl Axel of Denmark (age 30) and Anne Ferelith Bowes-Lyon (age 32) were married at Glamis Castle. As a consequence of the marriage being between a divorced person whose spouse was still living the Church of England opposed the marriage and ordered the withdrawal of the Scottish Episcopal clergyman. The Queen (age 50) stated that she would join the wedding party only for the reception and would remain in an adjoining drawing room while the ceremony took place.

Death of George VI Accession of Elizabeth II

On 6th February 1952 [her husband] King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 56) died at Sandringham Estate, Norfolk. He was buried at King George VI Memorial Chapel, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. His daughter [her daughter] Elizabeth (age 25) succeeded II Queen of the United Kingdom; she was at her Kenyan home Sagana Lodge.

On 21st April 1956 Colin Tennant 3rd Baron Glenconner (age 29) and Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner (age 23) were married at St Withburga's Church, Holkham [Map]. Bishop Percy Herbert (age 70) presided. The guests included Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 55) and [her daughter] Princess Margaret (age 25). Princess Margaret's future husband [her future son-in-law] Antony Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon (age 26) took the photographs. She the daughter of Major Thomas William Edward Coke 5th Earl of Leicester (age 47) and Elizabeth Mary Yorke Countess of Leicester (age 44).

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 6th May 1960 [her son-in-law] Antony Armstrong-Jones 1st Earl of Snowdon (age 30) and [her daughter] Princess Margaret (age 29) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. The ceremony was the first royal wedding to be broadcast on television. She the daughter of [her former husband] King George VI of the United Kingdom and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 59).

Colin Tennant 3rd Baron Glenconner (age 33) and Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner (age 27), whose wedding the couple had attended four years before, offered them a piece of land on their privately owned island, Mustique, and agreed to build a house for the couple on the land. It was designed in 1971 by uncle to Lord Snowdon, Oliver Messel, and named "Les Jolies Eaux" aka "The Pretty Waters"

On 9th February 2002 [her daughter] Princess Margaret (age 71) died at King Edward VII's Hospital. She was buried at King George VI Memorial Chapel, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map].

On 30th March 2002 Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England died.

Royal Ancestors of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England 1900-2002

Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England 1900-2002

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Ancestors of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England 1900-2002

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Lyon 8th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lyon 9th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jean Nicholson

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Bowes

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Bowes Countess Strathmore

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Gilbert

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas George Lyon Bowes 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Carpenter

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Louisa Elizabeth Rodney Carpenter

GrandFather: Claude Bowes-Lyon 13th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Joseph Valentine Grimstead

Great x 1 Grandmother: Charlotte Grimstead

Father: Claude Bowes-Lyon 14th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Abel Smith

Great x 3 Grandfather: Abel Smith

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Smith

Great x 1 Grandfather: Oswald Smith

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Mosley

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Parker Mosley 1st Baronet

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Mary Mosley

GrandMother: Frances Dora Smith Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Hodgson

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Hodgson of Congleton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Reverend Robert Hodgson

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Porteus Junior

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mildred Porteus

Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Mildred Hodgson

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Bentinck 1st Duke Portland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bentinck 2nd Duke Portland 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Noel Duchess Portland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke Portland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Harley 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Cavendish Harley 2nd Duchess Portland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Cavendish Holles Countess of Oxford and Mortimer 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Cavendish-Bentinck 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 3rd Duke Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 4th Duke Devonshire 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Hoskins Duchess Devonshire

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothy Cavendish 3rd Duchess Portland 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Boyle 3rd Earl Burlington 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle Marchioness Hartington 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Savile Countess Burlington 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: Charles William Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Sale

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Wellesley Lady Abdy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Pierre Roland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland Marchioness Wellesley

Mother: Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Reverend Andrew Burnaby

Great x 3 Grandfather: Archdeacon Andrew Burnaby

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edwyn Andrew Burnaby

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Edwyn

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna Edwyn

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edwyn Burnaby

Great x 3 Grandfather: Reverend William Browne

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Browne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Adcock

GrandMother: Caroline Louisa Burnaby

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Salisbury

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Salisbury of Marshfield House

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Lister

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Caroline Salisbury

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Webb of Church Stanway in Gloucestershire

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Webb

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Webb

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Garritt