Lady Mary Colman
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30 January 1932
Lady Mary Colman | |
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| Born | Mary Cecilia Bowes-Lyon 30 January 1932 Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England |
| Died | 2 January 2021 (aged 88) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 5; including Sarah |
| Parent(s) | The Hon. Michael Bowes-Lyon Elizabeth Margaret Cator |
| Relatives | Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (grandfather) Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (aunt) Elizabeth II (cousin) |
Lady Mary Cecilia Colman (née Bowes-Lyon; 30 January 1932 – 2 January 2021) was an English socialite, philanthropist, and extra lady-in-waiting to Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy.
The daughter of Michael Bowes-Lyon and Elizabeth Margaret Cator, her paternal aunt was Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and she was thus a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.
Mary Cecilia Bowes-Lyon was born on 30 January 1932 at Gastlings, the Bowes-Lyon family home in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.[1] Her father, Michael Bowes-Lyon (1893–1953), was the fifth son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (née Cavendish-Bentinck). Her mother, Elizabeth Margaret Cator (1899–1959), was a great-granddaughter of Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke. She had a twin sister, Patricia Maud, later Lady Patricia Tetley, an older brother, Fergus Michael Claude, later Fergus Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and a younger brother, Michael Albemarle. Lady Mary was also a godmother to Diana, Princess of Wales.
She attended Hatherop Castle School as a child. In 1949, a coming-out ball was held for her and her twin sister Patricia at Londonderry House, which was attended by their aunt, the Queen, and their cousins, The Princess Elizabeth and The Princess Margaret.[1]