Sir David Bowes Lyon , "Who Was Who: Name BOWES-LYON, Hon. Sir David Awards KCVO 1959. Positions Managing Director Lazard Bros & Co. Ltd (incorporating Edward de Stein & Co.); HM Lieutenant, County of Hertford, since 1952; Trustee of British Museum since 1953. Personal Details Born 2 May 1902; 6th son of 14th Earl of Strathmore, KG, KT, GCVO; married 1929, Rachel Pauline, youngest daughter of Lt-Col Rt Hon. H. H. Spender-Clay, PC, CMG, MP; one son one daughter. Education Eton; Magdalen College, Oxford. Work Late Lt Hertfordshire Regiment, 1939; Ministry of Economic Warfare, 1940-1941; Head of Political Warfare Mission, Washington, 1942-1944. High Sheriff of Herts., 1950. Dir: Times Publishing Co., Martin's Bank Ltd, Cunard Steamship Co., Dunlop Rubber Co.; Sub. Governor, Roy. Exchange Assnce. President Royal Horticultural Society. Order of Leopold (Belgium), 1957. Recreations Shooting, gardening. Addresses St Paul's Walden Bury, Hitchin, Herts. Telephone: Whitwell 225; 11 Old Broad Street, EC2. Telephone: London Wall 2721. Clubs Brooks's. Death Died 13 September 1961"
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