, updated Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Nerissa and Katherines aunt, in 1986; Credit Wikipedia. However, the previously released seasons of the hit Netflix series which follows the life of Elizabeth II from prior to her coronation are currently experiencing a surge in popularity in several regions, including the UK, Argentina and Ukraine. The Master took her life energy, killing her, as well as that of several . Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. [13] In 1996, the surviving cousins were moved to Ketwin House care home in Surrey. login . As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. This is a carousel with slides. Cuddling dolls, they stand for the national anthem and salute before being handed medication by a nurse. Thanks for your help! To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. Trefusis was portrayed as a senior tutor at the fictional St Matthew's . Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis was born 19 August 1889 in Fettercairn House, Fettercairn, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom to Charles John Robert Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton (1863-1957) and Jane Grey McDonnell (1863-1953) and died 19 July 1966 5A Mount Street, Mayfair, Greater London, England, United Kingdom of unspecified causes. based on information from your browser. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Nerissa and Katherines grandfather Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore lived until 1944, three years after his two granddaughters were placed at Royal Earlswood Hospital. But she certainly does on the show, much to Margarets apparent disgust. The value of purpose and a sense of meaning is discussed, while also showing the cruel pitfalls of the Royal Family. The Queen is very, very upset at the thought that this programme is being made which is just not true, the source said. What, if any, responsibility the British royal family had for Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon can be debated. Nerissa Bowes Lyon, Katherine's 140895787 sister and a cousin of the Queen. Sorry! Try again. The Royal Earlswood Hospital in Redhill, Surrey. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? 21:46, 11 Nov 2020. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. 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. His widow was a leading guest at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. John Bowes-Lyon and his wife Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis had five daughters: John Bowes-Lyon died in 1930 of pneumonia, aged 44, leaving his widow Fenella to care for their four young children, including Nerissa and Katherine who were severely mentally disabled. After the documentary aired, a source close to Buckingham Palace branded the claims as utter lies. 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. EXCLUSIVE: Bud Light owner Anheuser-Busch is now accused of 'racist and sexist' hiring practices that McUpgrade? Patricia Bowes-Lyon (1916 - 1917) Patricia Bowes-Lyon was born on July 6, 1916, and died on June 18, 1917. . The idea that one family alone has the automatic birth right to the crown is already so hard to justify, the gene pool of that family better have 100 per cent purity. She later died aged 87 in 2014. Three of Harriet's daughters, Idonea (1912-2002), Rosemary (1914-1972), and Ethelreda (1922-1996), and two of Fenella's daughters, Nerissa (1919-1986) and Katherine (1926-2014) were all born with severe mental disabilities. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Lady Elizabeth Shakerley, party planner to the queen and daughter of one of the other Bowes-Lyon cousins, responded at length, disputing both the assertions by the programme-makers of familial abandonment and the methods of "this supposedly factual documentary". 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. Their mother was the younger daughter of Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton. Upon hearing of their struggles, Margaret is later shown confronting the Queen Mother about her knowledge of the sisters. John Langdon Down (after whom Down's syndrome was named) was medical superintendent of the hospital from 1855 to 1868. [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. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. They're your nieces - daughters of your favourite brother. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Weve updated the security on the site. There was an error deleting this problem. Learn more about merges. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Theyre your nieces daughters of your favourite brother, she says. Professor Donald Trefusis (1921-2008), professor at the University of Cambridge, created by Stephen Fry. Lady Elizabeth Anson, a niece of the two sisters, also issued a statement to the BBC on behalf of the Bowes-Lyon family saying that there was no attempt at a cover-up and that many family members had visited the sisters. As John was the brother of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon the Queen Mother, the two daughters were first cousins of Queen Elizabeth II, sharing one pair of grandparents, Claude. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. In 1987, Gerard Fane-Trefusis, 22nd Baron Clinton, the great-grandson of the 21st Baron Clinton, rejected the idea of any kind of cover-up. However, Burke's Peerage included specific dates of death for both sisters. [15], In November 2011, Channel 4 broadcast a documentary about the sisters, The Queen's Hidden Cousins. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. In 1923 John*s sister, Elizabeth. Years later Onelle Braithwaite, one of the nurses who cared for them, remarked: 'I remember pondering with my colleague how, if things had been different, they would surely have been guests at the wedding.'. [9] She outlived him by thirty-six years and died on 19 July 1966, aged 76. Speaking in the program, Dot Penfold, a former ward sister at the hospital where the sisters stayed, spoke of her sadness that they were not visited for years. Try again later. There was never any risk of that genetic disorder occurring in the British royal family descended from The Queen Mother, born Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, because it did not originate in the Bowes-Lyon family. [9], Three mentally disabled cousins of the girls also lived in Earlswood Hospital. John Bowes-Lyon was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford,[2] where he played first-class cricket for the university side in three matches in 1906 and 1907, playing as a fast-medium bowler.[3]. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. After that, she sent them money for their birthdays and for Christmas which was used to buy candy and toys. Scan this QR code to download the app now. He married Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, the younger daughter of 21st Baron Clinton in September 1914. Does anyone know? 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. Oops, something didn't work. [7], Anne Tennant, Baroness Glenconner was, as a young woman and 1950s debutante of the year, engaged to Johnnie, Viscount Althorp, later the Earl Spencer and father to Princess Diana; his father objected to the match on the grounds of "mad blood", as one of her grandmothers was a Trefusis, and the engagement was broken off. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. 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. As for Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen Mother, the only development in the years since has been that they failed to attend a meeting to discuss Katherines future before Royal Earlswood closed in 1977. [6], The Hon. Unofficial Royalty 2020, The Crown shared photos of Katherine and Nerissa Bowes-Lyon at the end of Season 4, Episode 7; Credit Netflix/The Crown. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. For the Bowes-Lyons, this was a stigma that could threaten their social standing and taint the marital prospects of their other children. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. King Edward VIII, in 1936. This account has been disabled. Albert unexpectedly became King George VI on the Abdication of his brother. Nurses interviewed on the documentary said that, to their knowledge, the family never sent the sisters a birthday or Christmas gift or card. Amid renewed interest inThe Crown following Queen Elizabeth IIs death last week, fans are wondering about the monarchs hidden cousins in season four. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis; Credit https://theroyalhistory.tumblr.com/. They had five daughters: Before the outbreak of World War I, Bowes-Lyon worked as a stockbroker in the City of London for the firm Rowe and Pitman. Sorry! The condition was thought to have been hereditary and descended from their common maternal grandfather, Charles Trefusis, 21st baron Clifton. This is a carousel with slides. Who waited in line and who didnt in the queue for the Queen? Violet liked him well enough. According to the Channel 4 documentary about the sisters, 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. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. 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.. Oops, we were unable to send the email. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Two of their grandchildren were Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Princess Margaret. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Belgravia, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England, Redhill, Reigate and Banstead Borough, Surrey, England. Katherine stayed in the hospital until 1997, when it closed amid abuse claims, and then lived. '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.'. Try again later. So were three of the Queen Mothers cousins: Rosemary, Etheldreda, and Ideona, who were admitted to Royal Earlswood on the same day. Nerissa Bowes-Lyon 18th February 1919 - 22nd January, 1986. Drag images here or select from your computer for Lady Katherine Juliette Bowes-Lyon memorial. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Perhaps, the sisters needed more care than could be given at home. Make sure that the file is a photo. To use this feature, use a newer browser. But, who were they and why were they kept apart from the royal family? He was educated at Eton and Oxford University, and worked as a stockbroker in the City of London for the firm Rowe and Pitman before the outbreak of WWI. The Crown shares photos of Katherine and Nerissa Bowes-Lyon. You may request to transfer up to 250,000 memorials managed by Find a Grave. The ties to the royal family mean they were first cousins of Queen Elizabeth II. Harriet Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (18871958), sister of Nerissa and Katherine's mother Fenella, married Major Henry Nevile Fane, and three of their seven children lived in Earlswood Hospital: Idonea Elizabeth Fane (19122002), Rosemary Jean Fane (19141972), and Etheldreda Flavia Fane (19221996). Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Three of Nerissa and Katherines maternal first cousins with similar developmental disabilities were placed at Royal Earlswood Hospital, a facility for 230 mentally disabled men and women, on the very same day as Nerissa and Katherine. Maternal First Cousins: Children of The Honorable John Bowes-Lyon and The Honorable Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis. A system error has occurred. The impression I had was that theyd been forgotten, she recalled. 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. [4] Nerissa died in 1986, aged 66, with only hospital staff attending the funeral,[4] while Katherine died in 2014, aged 87. . It was given a Royal charter in 1862 and renamed The Royal Earlswood Institution for Mental Defectives in June 1926. We have set your language to Learn more about merges. Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (1889-1966) was born 19 August 1889 at Fettercairn House in Fettercairn, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom to Charles John Robert Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton (1863-1957) and Jane McDonnell (1863-1953) and died 19 July 1966 at 5A Mount Street in Mayfair, Greater London, England, United Kingdom of unspecified causes. 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.. 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. Ann Serena Plumbe took an interest in the plight of the learning disabled, or 'idiots' as they were termed at the time, and began to discuss what could be done to assist them in 1847. 'It's wicked and it's cold-hearted and it's cruel and it's entirely in keeping with the ruthlessness which I myself have experienced in this family. Katherine and Nerissa had been listed in the 1963 edition of Burke's Peerage a reference book to the nations aristocracy as having died in 1940, when in fact they were both still alive. This browser does not support getting your location. They even live nearby, with three more of their blood relativesat Royal Earlswood Hospital, a state-funded mental institution formerly known as The Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles. 1578. Nicholas Trefusis is an active member of WikiTree. In 1982, after thinking her nieces had died, the Queen Mother learned that they were still alive and in the Royal Earlswood Hospital when the hospitals League of Friends wrote to her. He held the office of Lord Warden of the Stannaries of Cornwall and Devon between 1921 and 1923. Anne married Lt.-Col. Thomas William Arnold Anson, Viscount Anson in 1938 but the couple divorced in 1948 after having two children. The two sisters, Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon, were the daughters of The Honorable John Bowes-Lyon (1886 - 1930), the second son of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore (1855 - 1944), and an elder brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900 - 2002), and his wife Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck (1862 - 1938). Please reset your password. Their illness, their imbecility their professionally diagnosed idiocy and imbecility would make people question the integrity of the bloodline. In the Netflix series The Crown Series 4, Episode 7, The Hereditary Principle, Princess Margaret discovers from her therapist that she has two severely mentally disabled maternal cousins who were institutionalized and further learns that they are still alive although they have been listed as dead in Burkes Peerage. Violet Trefusis, ne Keppel (1894-1972), English writer and socialite. As for why the family didn't "behave like human beings," as Helena Bonham Carter's Margaret puts. Katherine and Nerissa suffered from a genetic disorder that, as it was revealed, came from their mother's side of the family. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. 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John Bowes-Lyon died at the family home of Glamis Castle just after midnight on the morning of 7 February 1930 of pneumonia, aged 44, leaving his widow to care for their four young children. I am aware, through professional colleagues, of the sisters, she tells Margaret, who looks puzzled: What sisters?. She was buried at the nearby Redstone Cemetery, Earlswood. In reality, in 1987, The Sun broke the news that two supposedly deceased first cousins of Queen Elizabeth II had been alive and secretly institutionalized. Her funeral was attended by only Royal Earlswood Hospital staff members. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? 'They understood more than you'd think. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. 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. 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. (Two of them, Nerissa and Katherine, were severely mentally disabled. 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 . We have set your language to The email does not appear to be a valid email address. [14] When it closed in 2001, they were moved to another care home in Surrey. The Independent has contacted Buckingham Palace for comment. He initially appeared as an occasional contributor of "wireless essays" to Ned Sherrin 's BBC Radio 4 programme Loose Ends in 1986. John died in 1930 and was survived, until 1966, by the girls mother, Fenella. They and three of the sisters maternal cousins were declared dead and secretly sent to an institution and the royal family never visited them. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. We do not know if the Queen Mother told anyone about her nieces after she learned they were alive in 1982. 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. Born in 1919 and 1926 respectively, the sisters were daughters of John Bowes-Lyon, elder brother to Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later the Queen Mother), and Fenella Bowes-Lyon (ne Trefusis). [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. 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. (TV: The End of Time) Trefusis knew about Harold Saxon and was sent to collect his ring. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Archived post. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Idonea, Etheldreda, and Rosemary Fane were the children of Fenellas sister Harriet, her only sibling. Where were her Bowes-Lyon and Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis family members? Anne Bowes-Lyon was born in Washington, D.C., in 1917. They and three of the sisters' maternal cousins were declared dead and secretly sent to an institution and the royal family never visited them. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Netflix series The Crown has been launched back in to the streamers Top 10 titles in many countries, in the wake of Queen Elizabeth IIs passing, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. Rosemary's twin brother, Edmund lived for only 11 months. The Queen Mother believed her nieces were deceased and she was not aware of their situation until 1982. Charles Trefusis, 21st baron Clifton. Their cousins Idonea, Etheldreda and Rosemary the daughters of Fenellas sister, Harriet also had a similar disability, and were admitted to the state-funded hospital on the same day. In 1987, many British people were outraged and blamed the British royal family after finding out that when Nerissa died in 1986, she was buried in a paupers plot at Redstone Cemetery in Redhill, Surrey, England. When I googled it I didnt find the name of the specific genetic conditions they had. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Three other mentally disabled cousins also lived in Earlswood Hospital. She remarried Prince George Valdemar of Denmark in September 1950. Darwin had nothing on you lot shame on all of you.'. Im 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. Their father was John Bowes-Lyon, one of the Queen Mother's older brothers and a son of the Earl of Strathmore. A system error has occurred. cemeteries found in Redhill, Reigate and Banstead Borough, Surrey, England will be saved to your photo volunteer list. They were two lovely sisters.'. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Exposure and claims of cover-up Their father was John Bowes-Lyon, one of the Queen Mothers older brothers and a son of the Earl of Strathmore. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. 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). [4] Earlswood closed in 1997. Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (19 August 1889 - 19 July 1966), the younger daughter of Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton. The documentary was directed by Kelly Close and made by Minnow Films, an independent production company, whose synopsis states that "Whilst their sisters Elizabeth and Anne enjoyed lives of privilege and inclusion in the upper echelons of the aristocracy, Katherine and Nerissa were all but forgotten, written out of family history." She is pictured with her two eldest children, Anne (1917-1980) and Nerissa (1919-2014). It is permissible to use a link that directs to Unofficial Royalty. In 1987, it was discovered by The Sun that Burkes Peerage, which publishes books devoted to the ancestry and heraldry of the peerage, baronetage, knightage, and landed gentry of the United Kingdom, had listed Nerissa and Katherine as having died in 1940 and 1961. 1 She was the daughter of Charles John Robert Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Lord Clinton and Lady Jane Grey McDonnell. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. 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. However, it later transpired that their deaths had been falsified. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Nerissa died aged 66 in 1986 and was buried in a grave marked only with a name tag and serial number . Regarding the errors in the death dates in Burkes Peerage, he said of his great-aunt Fenella, the mother of Nerissa and Katherine, She was an elderly lady at that time. However, the breakdown of the Prince of Wales marriage was not the most shocking incident the family had to deal with, as in 1987, it was discovered that Queen Elizabeth II had two hidden cousins: Katherine and Nerissa Bowes-Lyon. John Bowes-Lyon pousa Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, fille du 21e baron Clinton. The sisters were sent to the Royal Earlswood Hospital at Redhill, a grim Victorian mansion.When Nerissa died in the mid-1980s, she was buried at Redstone, her grave marked with a plastic tag bearing a number and her name. 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. Born in 1926 and 1919, respectively, Katherine and Nerissa were the Queen's first cousins from her mother's side. The groom, Denys Trefusis, was a tall, blue-eyed war hero who, at least in the eyes of society, was a peerlessly desirable match. The death of Katherine and Nerissa Bowes Lyon has been shrouded in mystery for over a century. On 29 September 1914, Bowes-Lyon married the Hon. 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