Nerissa Bowes-Lyon

1919 - 1986  (66 years)

• Name	Nerissa Bowes-Lyon  [1]
  Birth	18 Feb 1919  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1986  [1]
  Burial	Redhill Cemetery   [1]
  Person ID	I63813	The Kingealogy
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	John Herbert Bowes-Lyon,   b. 1886   d. 1930 (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Fenella Hepburn Stuart Forbes Trefusis,   b. 19 Aug 1889   d. 1966 (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Marriage	29 Sep 1914  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F17143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  [royalfam.ged] http:/​/​www​.guardian​.co​.uk/​monarchy/​story/​0,2763,346418,00​.html "In 1987, it emerged that Katherine and Nerissa Bowes-Lyon had been incarcerated in the Roya l Earlswood Mental Hospital in Surrey for 46 years. The two women, nieces of the Queen Mother , had never been visited by a member of the royal family." When Nerissa Bowes-Lyon died in 1986, she was buried in Redhill cemetery. Her grave was marke d with a plastic tag bearing a serial number and her name. When the story came to light 20 years ago the Sun (owned by Blair supporter Rupert Murdoch) h ad a disgusting headline along the lines of "Queen's cousin found in madhouse" and made a jok e of the whole thing.

  
  

• Sources

  [S255 ] Gedcom: royalfam.ged. Date of Import: Feb 10, 2006 [S255] Gedcom: royalfam.ged. Date of Import: Feb 10, 2006.