Sir Simon Alexander Bowes-Lyon (born 17 June 1932) is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and was Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire from 1986 to 2007.
He was created a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2005.He was born in 1932, the son of Sir David Bowes-Lyon (2 May 1902 β 13 September 1961), who also served as Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, and Rachel Pauline Spender-Clay (19 January 1907 β 21 January 1996), younger daughter of Herbert Henry Spender-Clay.
On 11 April 1966, he married Caroline Mary Victoria Pike (b.
27 September 1940) and they have four children:
Rosemary Pema βRosieβ Bowes-Lyon (b.
1968), married on 7 September 1996 to Nicholas David Kirkland Glazebrook, they have three children.
Fergus Alexander Bowes-Lyon (b.
1970), married in 2000 to Frances Margaret Anne Harris, they have two children.
David Victor Bowes-Lyon (b.
1973), married in 2002 to Jennifer Hurst (b.
1977), they have one son.
Andrew Simon Bowes-Lyon (b.
1979), married on 2 June 2012 to Melanie Fletcher, they have one daughter.Sir Simon Bowes-Lyon currently resides in St Paul's Walden Bury