. Her funeral was attended by some of the hospital staff who had cared for her and without any money provided for a burial, a pauper's grave was provided at Redhill cemetery. Trefusis blood was labelled 'mad blood' or 'bad blood' because the Bowes-Lyon girls, Nerissa and Katherine (Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret's cousins), had been put in a state asylum and were. Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis was born on 19 August 1889, in London, Middlesex, England, her father, Charles John Robert Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton, GCVO PC, was 26 and her mother, Lady Jane Grey MacDonnell, was 26. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. The Queen Mother is even shown. They remained at the institution, cruelly dubbed The National Asylum for Idiots, for the majority of their lives and, according to reports, were barely ever visited and registered as dead. [7] Her grave was marked with plastic tags and a serial number until her existence was revealed in the media, after which the family added a gravestone. Nicholas Trefusis Honor Code Signatory Signed 11 Feb 2019 | 89 contributions | 5 thank-yous. Nerissa Bowes Lyon, Katherine's 140895787 sister and a cousin of the Queen. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. [6] According to a 2011 television documentary about the sisters, The Queen's Hidden Cousins, broadcast by Channel 4, "throughout their time at the hospital, there is no known record that the sisters were ever visited by any member of the Bowes-Lyon or royal families, despite their aunt, the Queen Mother, being a Patron of Mencap" (a charity for people with learning disabilities). Nerissa Bowes Lyon, Katherine's 140895787 sister and a cousin of the Queen Mother, lies in a grave just two plots away.Miss Fane was one of five children, including Nerissa, Katherine and Etheldreda, who were locked away in a mental institution on one day in 1941 as Nazi bombs fell on London and the then Queen was in the East End. While many members of the royal family knew about Katherine and Nerissa, the majority believed they had died, including Queen Elizabeth II. Cuddling dolls, they stand for the national anthem and salute before being handed medication by a nurse. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. based on information from your browser. 'Their illness, their imbecility - their professionally diagnosed idiocy and imbecility - would make people question the integrity of the bloodline. Nerissa died aged 66 in 1986 and was buried in a grave marked only with a name tag and serial number. Patricia Bowes-Lyon (1916 - 1917) Patricia Bowes-Lyon was born on July 6, 1916, and died on June 18, 1917. . Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. 21:46, 11 Nov 2020. She later died aged 87 in 2014. The sisters were the last two unmarried daughters of the 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and were considered to be among the most eligible young women in Britain. [1] In 1915, he was posted with the Black Watch. Make sure that the file is a photo. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. 11:07, 11 Nov 2020 On 19 June 1920, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Forfarshire. The three maternal cousins were the sisters Idonea Fane (1912 2002), Rosemary Fane (1914 1972), and Etheldreda Fane (1922 1996), the daughters of Harriet Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis and Henry Fane. 2 She married Major Henry Nevile Fane, son of Sir Edmund Douglas Veitch Fane and Constantia Eleanor Wood, on 28 April 1910. Failed to delete flower. Following GAULIS TREFUSIS [view badges] Nicholas Trefusis. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Share this memorial using social media sites or email. The value of purpose and a sense of meaning is discussed, while also showing the cruel pitfalls of the Royal Family. City of Westminster, Greater London, England, Redhill, Reigate and Banstead Borough, Surrey, England. We have set your language to Try again later. Harriet Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, The History of the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, "Behind The Crown: The true story of the Queen's cousins, Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon", Bowes-Lyon Retardation Gene May Have Killed Males, "Queen's cousin in 'sub-standard' care home", "Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner review a bestselling glimpse of the royals", "Minnow Films | The Queen's Hidden Cousins", "TV review: The Queen's Hidden Cousins; Waking Up To Insomnia; Symphony", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nerissa_and_Katherine_Bowes-Lyon&oldid=1147750433, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 1 April 2023, at 23:17. Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon were two of the daughters of John Herbert Bowes-Lyon and his wife Fenella (ne Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis) Miss Fane 38394612 is buried in the same grave as her sister Etheldreda 38394612, who died in 1996. Both Katherine and Nerissa were visited very regularly by their family but neither could speak, and throughout their lives had the thinking age of four years old.. Her funeral was attended by only Royal Earlswood Hospital staff members. The women, then in their sixties, proudly salute to the monarch, stopping only to take pills handed to them by a nurse. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. The mental disability the five cousins had probably was a genetic disorder and it originated not in the Bowes-Lyon family but rather in the Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis family. ). Weve updated the security on the site. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. It's perhaps unsurprising that it's Helena Bonham Carter's character, feisty Princess Margaret, who passionately expresses her disgust at their harrowing treatment. Nerissa Bowes Lyon BillionGraves Birth: Feb 17 1918 Death: Jan 22 1986 Burial: Redstone Cemetery, Redhill, England, United Kingdom there is a man who claims that she was not impaired, she married a Romanian Prince and had a son http://www.dieter-stanzeleit.com/content.php?lang=en&cat=home view all Nerissa Bowes-Lyon's Timeline In The Crown the Queen Mother attempts to defend the cruel steps, telling Princess Margaret: 'I went from being the wife of the Duke of York, leading a relatively normal life, to being Queen. [1][6][8], The three grandchildren of Fenella and John (Lady Elizabeth Shakerley, the 5th Earl of Lichfield, and Katherine Somervell) organised the headstone for Nerissa Bowes-Lyon. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Nerissa Bowes-Lyon (178551185)? [4] Nerissa died in 1986, aged 66, with only hospital staff attending the funeral,[4] while Katherine died in 2014, aged 87. Katherine and Nerissa suffered from a genetic disorder that, as it was revealed, came from their mother's side of the family. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Nerissa died aged 66 in 1986 and was buried in a grave marked only with a name tag and serial number . The Crown season 4, episode 7 presents another Princess Margaret-centric chapter that is similar to its predecessors. Suggestions of a royal cover-up were rejected in the press by Lord Clinton, who thought that his aunt Fenella (the mother of the two daughters) had completed the form for Burke's Peerage incorrectly due to 'vagueness'; however, Burke's Peerage included specific dates of death for both sisters. It's also unknown whether Princess Margaret found out about her cousins and confronted her mother; it's certainly unlikely she was told of their plight by her therapist, as is the case in The Crown. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. King Edward VIII, in 1936. At the ages of 15 and 22 respectively, the pair, who were unable to speak due to their condition, were secretly placed in the Royal Earlswood Institution for Mental Defectives in Redhill, Surrey by their parents in 1941. Her nieces were institutionalized in 1941, five years after the abdication of King Edward VIII. With all that in mind, Margaret returns to her therapist, beseeching her to tell her the truth: Am I destined to be mad, too? She isnt, according to the therapists research. Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon were two of the daughters of John Herbert Bowes-Lyon and his wife Fenella (ne Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis). based on information from your browser. Harriet Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis was born on 14 November 1887. [9] She outlived him by thirty-six years and died on 19 July 1966, aged 76. Viewers are introduced to the sisters in episode seven of the fourth series. The five cousins were placed in Asylum Arch Road, Earlswood Common area of the hospital. From their mothers side of the family, Elizabeth and Margaret had 24 first cousins. They were the daughters of John Bowes-Lyon and Fenella Trefusis. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton, Thomas Lyon-Bowes, Master of Glamis (born 1821), Descendancy for BOWES-LYON Claude George, 14th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorn, "Neglected, hidden away, registered dead: the tragic true story of the Queen's disabled cousins", "Who were the Queen's 'hidden cousins', Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon? Three other mentally disabled cousins also lived in Earlswood Hospital. Anne Bowes-Lyon was born in Washington, D.C., in 1917. Oops, something didn't work. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. At the same time my family, the Bowes-Lyons, went from being minor Scottish aristocrats to having a direct bloodline to the crown, resulting in the children of my brother paying a terrible price, she says. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. She fails, but at the very least begins to see a therapist, who isnt remotely surprised when Margaret shows up. Learn more about managing a memorial . Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Princess Anne of Denmark ( formerly Anne Anson, Viscountess Anson, ne Anne Ferelith Fenella Bowes-Lyon; 4 December 1917 - 26 September 1980) was a first cousin of Elizabeth II and the mother of royal photographer Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield and Lady Elizabeth Shakerley. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. The groom, Denys Trefusis, was a tall, blue-eyed war hero who, at least in the eyes of society, was a peerlessly desirable match. Try again later. Though monogamy wasn't prized by the Edwardian nobility, marriage was obligatory. Dianas only child Katherine Somervell (born 1961), a goddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II who married Robert Lagneau, also would have been able to play a role in the decisions regarding her aunts. By Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? Katherine and Nerissa had three cousins in The Royal Earlswood - Edonea, Rosemary and Etheldreday, the daughters of Fenella's sister Harriet - who shared their disabilities. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. However, it later transpired that their deaths had been falsified. Failed to delete flower. Then the 15th Earls son and Nerissa and Katherines first cousin Timothy Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore (1918 1972) held the peerage title until 1972 when he was succeeded by his first cousin, and the first cousin of Nerissa and Katherine, Michael Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore (1928 1987). They're your nieces - daughters of your favourite brother. We have set your language to Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? They had one daughter: Katherine Somervell (23 August 1961) is a god-daughter of, This page was last edited on 22 November 2022, at 05:52. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. , updated So, Margaret concludes, what my family did was unforgivable. She wakes up the next day looking distraught, but it isnt long before shes back to joking about her therapy sessions and giving up alcohol. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. Its wicked and its cold-hearted and its cruel and its entirely in keeping with the ruthlessness which I myself have experienced in this family.. John Bowes-Lyon died at the family home of Glamis Castle in February 1930 of pneumonia, aged 44. Previously, there was a huge amount of shame and lack of knowledge associated with mental disability. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Lady Nerissa Jane Irene Bowes-Lyon I found on Findagrave.com. Shortly after the queens death was announced,The Crown showrunners apparently decided that production on the shows sixth and supposedly final season had been suspended as a mark of respect for Elizabeth II. There have been enough examples on the Windsor side alone to worry people if you add the Bowes-Lyon illnesses to that, the danger is it becomes untenable.. Hayley Richardson For Mailonline, When celebrations were carefree: Stunning winners of the International Wedding Photographer of the Year hark back to happier times with hugging guests and crowded dancefloors, Fancy some royal jewels? Weve updated the security on the site. After that, she sent them money for their birthdays and for Christmas which was used to buy candy and toys. So were three of the Queen Mothers cousins: Rosemary, Etheldreda, and Ideona, who were admitted to Royal Earlswood on the same day. It is a matter for the Bowes-Lyon family. And it has largely remained so, even though Katherine died surprisingly recently, at the age of 87 in 2014. This is a carousel with slides. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. But, why? The 1963 edition of Burke's Peerage listed Nerissa and Katherine as having died in 1940 and 1961 respectively;[1][3] but in 1987 it was revealed that the sisters were alive, and had been placed in Earlswood Hospital for mentally disabled people in 1941. Their connection to the royal family comes to light in the episode when Princess Margaret, played by Helena Bonham Carter, learns of the sisters existence from a therapist, who asks the royal if she is aware of any relations struggling with mental health issues. Nerissa Jane Irene Bowes-Lyon (18 February 1919 - 22 January 1986) and Katherine Juliet Bowes-Lyon (4 July 1926 - 23 February 2014) were two of the daughters of John Herbert Bowes-Lyon and his wife Fenella (ne Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis). Katherine stayed in the hospital until 1997, when it closed amid abuse claims, and then lived in another home in Surrey. He later returned to his job in the city. John Bowes-Lyon pousa Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, fille du 21e baron Clinton. What, if any, responsibility the British royal family had for Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon can be debated. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. However, Burke's Peerage included specific dates of death for both sisters. John Herbert Bowes-Lyon, an elder brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her mother was the Hon. ). There was an error deleting this problem. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. Nerissa Bowes-Lyon was born on 18 February 1919 and Katherine Bowes-Lyon was born on 4 July 1926, the daughters of John Herbert Bowes-Lyon and Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis. The Royal Earlswood Hospital, formerly The Asylum for Idiots and The Royal Earlswood Institution for Mental Defectives, in Redhill, Surrey, was the first establishment to cater specifically for people with developmental disabilities. They were two lovely sisters.'. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Miss Emily Trefusis, amateur detective in The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie. [14] When it closed in 2001, they were moved to another care home in Surrey. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. John Herbert Bowes-Lyon (1 April 1886 7 February 1930) was the second son of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and the Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and the brother of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the future Queen Elizabeth. He married Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, the younger daughter of 21st Baron Clinton in September 1914. [9], Three mentally disabled cousins of the girls also lived in Earlswood Hospital. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. GREAT NEWS! 0 cemeteries found in Redhill, Reigate and Banstead Borough, Surrey, England. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. His widow was a leading guest at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. It was Fenella, born Fenella Clinton, who brought it to the Bowes-Lyon family, meaning it never passed to the Queen Mother or anyone else in the direct bloodline. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. Make sure that the file is a photo. Learn more about merges. Failed to delete memorial. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Year should not be greater than current year. He initially appeared as an occasional contributor of "wireless essays" to Ned Sherrin 's BBC Radio 4 programme Loose Ends in 1986. Their father was John Bowes-Lyon, one of the Queen Mothers older brothers and a son of the Earl of Strathmore. This browser does not support getting your location. Late that year, he was posted to the Ministry of Munitions and then in the Territorial Army in 1916. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Miss Trefusis was head prison guard of Broadfell Prison, which held Lucy Saxon, as well as a member of a cult that worshiped Harold Saxon. Afterwards she reportedly sent a four-figure sum to fund Christmas and birthday presents for the pair - but there is no evidence the royals visited them. Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon were two of the daughters of John Herbert Bowes-Lyon and his wife Fenella (ne Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis). You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. Thanks for your help! Fenella had one sibling Harriet Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (1887 1958) who married Henry Fane (1883 1947) and had seven children. The ensuing scandal, which prompted an anonymous source to provide a gravestone for Nerissa, made little difference to her sisters life. I'm talking about Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon, cousins of our current Queen Elizabeth, who had some kind of genetic condition (s) that ran in the family. She explains that her nieces were institutionalized because of fears that evidence of mental instability in the royal family could threaten the security of their claim to the throne after the 1936 abdication of King Edward VIII. The Queen Mother responds as if she was part of a royal cover-up. John Langdon Down (after whom Down's syndrome was named) was medical superintendent of the hospital from 1855 to 1868. The impression I had was that theyd been forgotten, she recalled. She was laid to rest in a plot marked only by a tag with a serial number written on it. Violet liked him well enough. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Verify and try again. The Crown does appear to use artistic licence in its fictional retelling of the saga as it implies the Queen Mother was involved from the start. It was so sad. Suggestions of a cover-up were rejected in the press by Lord Clinton in 1987, who claimed that his aunt Fenella (the mother of the two women) had completed the form for Burke's incorrectly due to Fenella being 'a vague person'; however, Burke's included specific dates of death for both sisters. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. [10] David Danks, then director of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute,[11] thought that a genetic disease in the Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis family[12] may have killed male members of the family in early childhood and caused learning disabilities in females. Send Nicholas a private message. Sorry! Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Two of their grandchildren were Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Princess Margaret. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. This is a carousel with slides. The gene pool of that family better have 100 percent purity. (And it doesnt, according to her; she also cites the case of King George III, who was thought to have bipolar disorder.). Oops, we were unable to send the email. Perhaps, the sisters needed more care than could be given at home. [1] He was an uncle to Queen Elizabeth II, although he died when she was a small child, and before Princess Margaret was born. Family members linked to this person will appear here. The sisters were unfortunate to have been born in an era when mental disability was seen as a threat to society and linked to promiscuity, feckless breeding and petty crime, the characteristics of the underclass; associations encouraged by popular belief in the science of eugenics, soon to be embraced by the Nazis. Trefusis was portrayed as a senior tutor at the fictional St Matthew's . Nerissa and Katherines mother, born Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, who was their next of kin, lived until 1966. Nerissa Jane Irene Bowes-Lyon (18 February 1919 - 22 January 1986) and Katherine Juliet Bowes-Lyon (4 July 1926 - 23 February 2014) [1] were two of the daughters of John Herbert Bowes-Lyon and his wife Fenella (ne Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis). Speaking in the Channel 4 documentary, she added: 'Today theyd probably be given speech therapy and theyd communicate much better. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. John was the brother of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother, so the two daughters were first cousins of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess . Diana Married Peter Gordon Colin Somervell in February 1960 and their daughter Katherine Somervell is a god-daughter of Queen Elizabeth II. His widow was a leading guest at the Queen's wedding to Prince Philip in 1947. The Earl of Strathmore is the head of the Bowes-Lyon family and is also Chief of the Scottish Clan Lyon. Add to your scrapbook. [4] Earlswood closed in 1997. John Bowes-Lyon was the second son of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and the Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. You can always change this later in your Account settings. In 1987, there was much criticism for the British royal family about how Nerissa and Katherine had been treated and there were even rumors that there had been a royal coverup although there is no evidence. In 1997, when Royal Earlswood Hospital closed, Katherine Bowes-Lyon and her cousin Idonea Fane, who were the only ones among the five cousins still living, were moved to Ketwin House Care Home in Surrey, England, and then when it closed in 2001, they were moved to another care home in Surrey. 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The Netflix drama returns to our screens this weekend and offers its take on the shameful scandal that saw sisters Katherine and Nerissa Bowes-Lyon - the Queen Mother's nieces - neglected and forgotten about for decades. When Katherine Bowes-Lyon died, aged 87, on February 23, 2014, a private family funeral was held. "[18], The sisters were depicted in the seventh episode of the fourth season of the Netflix drama series The Crown, "The Hereditary Principle", which premiered in 2020.[5]. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Try again later. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in, Please refresh your browser to be logged in, Queens funeral in pictures as royals unite in grief. The Master took her life energy, killing her, as well as that of several . If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. These forms (from Burkes Peerage) come in every year or so and I imagine it was filled in wrongly or wasnt filled in at all. However, a spokesperson for Burkes Peerage said, If this is what the Bowes-Lyon family told us, then we would have included it in the book., Nerissa and Katherines sister Anne Bowes-Lyon, Princess of Denmark; Credit www.thepeerage.com. Burkes Peerage prides itself on its accuracy and insisted that was the information given to them by the Bowes-Lyon family. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Katherine, born in 1926, and Nerissa, born in 1919, were the daughters of John Herbert Bowes-Lyon the brother of the Queen Mother and his wife, Fenella. Nerissa Bowes-Lyon (18 de febrero de 1919 - 22 de enero de 1986) y Katherine Bowes-Lyon (4 de julio de 1926 - 23 de febrero de 2014) eran dos de las hijas de John Herbert Bowes-Lyon y su mujer Fenella (nacida con los apellidos Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis). Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? The members of the Bowes-Lyon family had the means and the familial responsibility to make the decisions regarding Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon as did the Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis family, the family of their mother. The idea that one family alone has the automatic birthright to the Crown is already so hard to justify. Year should not be greater than current year. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon, daughters of the Queen Mother's brother John Bowes-Lyon, received no money from the family aside from the 125 they paid to Earlswood Hospital each year for . He also commented on the absence of any attempt to find out why the sisters had been placed in care in 1941, writing "this was the one part of the story that was genuinely still a mystery. Just prior to the Battle of Aubers Ridge in that year, he accidentally shot himself in his left forefinger; it was amputated the following day. [1] We are no longer accepting comments on this article. He was Forestry Commissioner between 1919 and 1929. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. When Hon. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. The Queen Mother believed her nieces were deceased and she was not aware of their situation until 1982. Seemingly overnight, she explains, my family, the Bowes-Lyon, went from being minor Scottish aristocrats to having a direct bloodline to the Crown. And that, she continues, resulted in the children of my brother paying a terrible price., Its impossible to know whether or not the Queen Mother really used the wording professionally diagnosed idiocy and imbecility in her explanation of Nerissa and Katherines threat to the family. Phillip (nephew) Professor Donald Cornwallis Treadway Trefusis (1921-2008) is an eccentric fictional character created by Stephen Fry . Professor Donald Trefusis (1921-2008), professor at the University of Cambridge, created by Stephen Fry. Their father, the second son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was a brother of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the future Queen Elizabeth II's mother. Try again later. This memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial appear on the bottom of the family, and! 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