QUEEN MOTHER'S UNCLE DIES He was one of Chelsea's best loved citizens

Tribute to the Queen Mother's uncle, Lt.-Colonel Hon. Malcolm Bowes-Lyon, 83, of No. 37, Sloane Gardens, Chelsea, who died on Friday, has been paid by many people in Chelsea connected with the organisations of which he was a member.

Connected with Chelsea Conservative and Unionist Association, Chelsea Conservative Club, Chelsea Caledonian society, Chelsea Cricket Club. and Chelsea A.T.C. he will be missed for his warmth of character and his friendly personality. He had been president of Chelsea Conservative Association since 1946, having previously been vice-chairman in 1942 and chairman in 1945. His connection with the association goes back over 23 years. He was also president at Chelsea Conservative Club and Chelsea A.T.C., as well as Chelsea and District Caledonian Society, first patron of the London Caledonian Games and patron of Chelsea Cricket Club. "His death is an irreparable loss to the association." said Mr. A. F. Crouch. Chelsea Conservatives' secretary and agent. "He was held not only held in the highest esteem but regarded with the utmost affection by all, and indeed by all who knew him."

CHARM AND KINDLINESS "His great charm and kindliness was something very rare these days. As one who had worked closely with him during the whole of the time he was actively connected with the association I shall feel his loss as a personal one, and shall always count myself privileged to have had the opportunity of enjoying his friendship." Cllr. John Hannay, president of Chelsea Cricket Club, chairman of Chelsea Caledonian Society, and vice-president of London Caledonian games, said: "Col. Bowes-Lyon was Loved wherever he went. I knew him and worked with him in many spheres. He a Scot first and foremost; in fact, he was a grand old man, steeped in the history and traditions of Scotland—one of whom Scotland was proud. It was a privilege to know him. His kindness, sincerity, warmth of welcome, humour, his wonderful interest in Scots people, his ease and grace and talents not given to many, made him one of nature's gentlemen, an example of what a Christian should be. "His memory and his will live on." Educated at Eton and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Col. Bowes-Lyon served with the 10th Hussars in the South African war, and later the 29th Brigade Imperial Yeomanry. He was recalled from the reserve for the first world war and served in the Machine Gun Corps. He reached the rank of major. In 1920 he took over as lieut-colonel of the 5th Battalion Black Watch until 1921.

THE FUNERAL Fifty years ago he married Winifred Gurdon-Rebow; she died in May and was buried in Putney Vale Cemetery. On Tuesday afternoon, after the funeral service at St. Simon Zelotes, Milner Street, Chelsea, Col. Bowes-Lyon joined her in rest, when he was buried in the same grave. He leaves an only daughter, Lady Malcom Douglas-Hamilton. Among the mourners at the funeral were Cmdr. Allan Noble, Chelsea's M.P., Mr. and Mrs. Crouch, representing the Conservative Association, Cllr. Hannay, representing the Caledonian Society and Games and cricket club, and the Mayor of Chelsea, Ald. Basil Marsden-Smedly. [Chelsea News and General Advertiser - Friday 30 August 1957, p.1]

Malcolm Bowes-Lyon was born 23 April 1874 to Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1824-1904) and Frances Dora Smith (1832-1922) and died 23 August 1957 of unspecified causes. He married Winifred Gurdon-Rebow (1876-1957) 28 September 1907.