Simon Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 19th and 6th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (born 18 June 1986), styled asLord Glamis until 2016, is a Scottish peer and landowner, the owner of estates based atGlamis Castle.

The eldest son ofMichael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and his first wife, Isobel Weatherall, he is a second cousin once removed ofKing Charles III, whosematernal grandmother was aBowes-Lyon.

In 2021, Strathmore pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman at his ancestral home, Glamis Castle, and as a result served five months in prison.

Strathmore was born on 18 June 1986 into the Bowes-Lyon family.^[1] His father,Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was a politician, soldier, and businessman, as well as a hereditary peer.^[2] His mother is Isobel Weatherall, daughter of Captain Anthony Edward Weatherall. He attendedSunningdale School.^[3] His parents divorced in 2004.^[4]

Strathmore is a great-great-nephew ofQueen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and thus a second cousin once removed ofKing Charles III and third cousin of his son,Prince William. In 2002, he walked alongside his father and members of theroyal family behind the coffin of the Queen Mother duringher funeral.^[5]

On his father's death on 27 February 2016, the then-Lord Glamis succeeded as 19th Earl.^[2] In 2019, he was living atGlamis Castle.^[6] Running the Glamis estate includes work with Reiver Travel, which arranges exclusive holidays in Scotland.^[7] In 2017 Strathmore decided to renovate Glamis House, a property on his estate and a childhood home of the Queen Mother, for use as a self-catering holiday home.^[8] From 2016 to 2018, he was a director of Ark Hill Wind Farm Ltd.^[9] Strathmore is the chieftain of the Strathmore Highland Games,^[10] which takes place annually in the grounds of Glamis Castle.^[11]

In 2010, Lord Glamis, as he then was styled, was convicted of speeding by riding his motorbike at 100 mph (160 km/h) on a public road with a 60 mph (97 km/h) limit. He was banned from driving for nine months.^[5]

In June 2020,Durham Police contacted the Earl for violating theCOVID-19-related travel restrictions then in place. A report said Strathmore travelled 200 miles (320 km) toHolwick Lodge,Middleton-in-Teesdale, and that his butler was spotted buying newspapers.^[12]

In 2021, Strathmore was charged withsexual assault after admitting to attacking a 26-year-old woman at his Scottish home,Glamis Castle, in early 2020.^[13] On 12 January 2021, Strathmore was granted bail and placed on theViolent and Sex Offender Register (ViSOR) bySheriff Alistair Carmichael atDundee Sheriff Court. His conviction attracted attention in both the British and the international press, due to his connection with theroyal family.^{[13][14][15][16][17]}The Times reported calls for Strathmore to be removed as the Chieftain of the annual Strathmore Highland Games^[10] and as the President of the Angus Ball.^[18] On 23 February 2021, he was sentenced to ten months' imprisonment and placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years.^[19] He was released after serving fivemonths.^[20]

On 10 November 2023, the Earl was convicted of drunk driving atPerth Sheriff Court. The Earl gave a reading of 55 mcg per 100 ml of breath; the legal limit is 22 mcg, therefore, he was 2.5 times over the legal limit. As part of a plea deal with theCrown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service a charge of driving at 88 mph (142 km/h) was dropped. He was banned from driving for a period of 16 months and ordered to pay a fine of £1000.^[21]

• 18 June 1986 − 27 February 2016: Lord Glamis^[22]
• 27 February 2016 – present:The Right Honourable The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

In addition to theEarldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Strathmore holds the following subsidiary titles: 17thViscount Lyon, 19th Lord Lyon and Glamis, 26th Lord Glamis, 17th Lord Glamis, Tannadyce, Sidlaw and Strathdichtie, and 7thBaron Bowes, ofStreatlam Castle.^[23]

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