Please enter your email and password to sign in. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Although the Queen Mother knew the statement in Burke's Peerage that both women were deceased (published after false information had been supplied by their mother) was untrue, she never visited either of them, and apparently saw no contradiction in her patronage of Mencap, which campaigns against families placing their mentally challenged relations in state care. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Harriet Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis was born on 14 November 1887. 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. 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. 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. 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. Trefusis was portrayed as a senior tutor at the fictional St Matthew's . There was a problem getting your location. [6], The Hon. Previously, there was a huge amount of shame and lack of knowledge associated with mental disability. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. The latest series begins as the 1970s are drawing to a close and takes viewers through to 1990, a period during which the royal family were involved in a number of major scandals, including the illicit relationship between Prince Charles and Camilla. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. In particular, the fourth season ofThe Crown gives fans of the royal family a detailed look at some of the most significant moments in their public and private lives. Their mother was the younger daughter of Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton. 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.. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. married Albert, the Duke of York. 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. [15], In November 2011, Channel 4 broadcast a documentary about the sisters, The Queen's Hidden Cousins. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Belgravia, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England, Redhill, Reigate and Banstead Borough, Surrey, England. [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). The ties to the royal family mean they were first cousins of Queen Elizabeth II. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore, the paternal grandfather of Nerissa and Katherine; Credit Wikipedia. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? cemeteries found in Redhill, Reigate and Banstead Borough, Surrey, England will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. 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. 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. Rosemary's twin brother, Edmund lived for only 11 months. She remarried Prince George Valdemar of Denmark in September 1950. cemeteries found in Redhill, Reigate and Banstead Borough, Surrey, England will be saved to your photo volunteer list. ", The Daily Telegraph described the documentary as "sad but revealing". This is a carousel with slides. 1 She was the daughter of Charles John Robert Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Lord Clinton and Lady Jane Grey McDonnell. John Herbert Bowes-Lyon, an elder brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her mother was the Hon. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Katherine stayed in the hospital until 1997, when it closed amid abuse claims, and then lived in another home in Surrey. Its unclear how she spent the next 18 years of her life, but the hospital grounds are known to now house luxury apartments and a gated community with a golf course. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Anne married Lt.-Col. Thomas William Arnold Anson, Viscount Anson in 1938 but the couple divorced in 1948 after having two children. [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. They and three of the sisters' maternal cousins were declared dead and secretly sent to an institution and the royal family never visited them. Trefusis Surname Definition: This surname is derived from a geographical locality. The sisters story came to light in 1987, shortly after Nerissas death, when journalists discovered she was buried in a grave marked only by a plastic name tag and serial number. Ancestors . By Upon the death of the 17th Earl in 1987, he was succeeded by his son Michael Bowes-Lyon, 18th Earl of Strathmore (1957 2016) who died in 2016, two years after the death of Katherine Bowes-Lyon. 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. 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. 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. When Hon. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. They were two lovely sisters.'. 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. Shortly after her twenty-fifth birthday, in June 1919, Violet was all but frog-marched down the aisle. Sorry! By telling the story of the individuals, and using the testimony of those who had lived alongside them in the asylum, the film hoped to contextualise "the changing attitudes to learning disability in British society over the twentieth century. Add to your scrapbook. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Search above to list available cemeteries. [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. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Please reset your password. Violet Trefusis, ne Keppel (1894-1972), English writer and socialite. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Charles Trefusis, 21st baron Clifton. The value of purpose and a sense of meaning is discussed, while also showing the cruel pitfalls of the Royal Family. Thanks for your help! Princess Margaret confronts her mother, the aunt of the two severely mentally disabled women. by Susan Flantzer Theyre your nieces daughters of your favourite brother, she says. Please enter your email and password to sign in. 21:46, 11 Nov 2020. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Oops, something didn't work. Parmi les autres enfants du comte de Strathmore, il y a leur deuxime fils, John Bowes-Lyon, frre de celle qui deviendra la reine Elizabeth, mre d'Elizabeth II. (TV: Last of the Time Lords) The governor, several guards and she resurrected the Master. The idea that one family alone has the automatic birthright to the Crown is already so hard to justify. Search above to list available cemeteries. 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. It's thought the sisters' symptoms were due to a genetic condition from their mother's bloodline, not that of the Bowes-Lyon. As for why the family didn't "behave like human beings," as Helena Bonham Carter's Margaret puts. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? A daughter, Anne Fereiith Bowes-Lyon was born. His widow was a leading guest at the Queen's wedding to Prince Philip in 1947. It was so sad. [9], Three mentally disabled cousins of the girls also lived in Earlswood Hospital. Violet liked him well enough. The idea that one family alone has the automatic birthright to the crown is already so hard to justify, the gene pool of that family better have 100 per cent purity. Late that year, he was posted to the Ministry of Munitions and then in the Territorial Army in 1916. 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. Try again. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. By These Earls, as head of the Bowes-Lyon family, presumably bore some responsibility for family matters. Son. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. [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. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. Diana Cinderella Mildred Bowes-Lyon (14 December 1923 20 May 1986) married Peter Gordon Colin Somervell (5 May 1910 14 October 1993) on 24 February 1960. 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. Nicholas Trefusis (died c. 1648) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1628 and 1648. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. 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. Try again later. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Katherine Bowes-Lyon (140895787)? Share this memorial using social media sites or email. 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. [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. 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. 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.. It seems unlikely that after five years, the decision to institutionalize the Queen Mothers two nieces was taken in reaction to the Bowes-Lyon familys new close ties to the British throne. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. 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. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. 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 Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Nina Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.In 1987, it was revealed that Nerissa and Katherine had been placed in Earlswood Hospital for the mentally disabled in 1941. They and three of the sisters maternal cousins were declared dead and secretly sent to an institution and the royal family never visited them. Nerissa died aged 66 in 1986 and was buried in a grave marked only with a name tag and serial number. Please try again later. Fictional. Presumably, after the death of Diana in 1986, the two children of her elder sister Anne, Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield (1939 2005), a well-known professional photographer whose professional name was Patrick Lichfield, and his sister Elizabeth Anson (1941 2020), wife of Sir Geoffrey Shakerley, 6th Baronet, would have been the next of kin for their aunts Nerissa and Katherine. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. 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). The Queen is very, very upset at the thought that this programme is being made which is just not true, the source said. Upon hearing of their struggles, Margaret is later shown confronting the Queen Mother about her knowledge of the sisters. There is no information on why this decision was made. Exposure and claims of cover-up [17] She called it "cruel" and "intrusive" and said that "far from being a taboo subject, Katherine and Nerissa were very much a part of the family as sisters of her mother, the late Princess Anne of Denmark. Burke's Peerage said she had died in 1940.Idonea's mother was the sister of Fenella Trefusis, who was married to John Herbert Bowes Lyon, the Queen Mother's brother and the second son of the Earl of Strathmore. , updated Professor Donald Trefusis (1921-2008), professor at the University of Cambridge, created by Stephen Fry. Maternal First Cousins: Children of The Honorable John Bowes-Lyon and The Honorable Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis. John Bowes-Lyon died at the family home of Glamis Castle in February 1930 of pneumonia, aged 44. All content copyright Unofficial Royalty 2023. He initially appeared as an occasional contributor of "wireless essays" to Ned Sherrin 's BBC Radio 4 programme Loose Ends in 1986. After the war, he was twice threatened with courts-martial after having failed to show on parade for demobilisation. 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.'. The Crown shares photos of Katherine and Nerissa Bowes-Lyon. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Year should not be greater than current year. 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