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{{Short description|British tennis player}}
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|birth_date            = 8 October 1860
|birth_place           = [[Glamis Castle]], Angus, [[Scotland]]
|death_date            = 14 April 1897 (age 36)
|death_place           = [[Bordighera]], [[Imperia]], [[Liguria]], [[Italy]]
|turnedpro             = 1882 (amateur tour)
|retired               = 1888
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'''Herbert Bowes-Lyon'''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grant |first1=Sir Francis James |title=The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland, 1532-1943: With Genealogical Notes |date=1944 |publisher=The Society |location=Edinburgh |page=128 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWjReXKhhoEC&q=Herbert+Bowes-Lyon+died+in+1897 |language=en}}</ref> (15 August 1860 – 14 April 1897) <ref>The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland, 1532-1943. p.128.</ref> was a Scottish tennis player and [[barrister]], and uncle of [[Elizabeth bowes-lyon|Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]], mother of [[Queen Elizabeth II]]. He was a quarter finalist in the men's singles at the [[1887 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1887 Wimbledon Championships]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Player Profile: H.B. Lyons |url=https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/draws_archive/player_profile/c361d4bf-0686-4914-ad59-8ec1f4f74348.html |website=www.wimbledon.com |publisher=AELTC |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> and a two time finalist at the [[Scottish Championships (tennis)|Scottish Championships]] (1886, 1888). Herbert played 8 consecutive seasons from 1882 to 1888, and won 8 singles titles.
==Career==
Herbert played and won his first tournament in 1882 at the Biarritz Lawn Tennis Club tournament (later known as the Biarritz Championships) where he defeated Frederick de Moleyns in the final. In 1887 he reached the quarter-finals of the [[1887 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|Wimbledon Championships]], lost to [[Harry Grove]] in straight sets.<ref>{{cite web |title=Draws Archive: 1887 |url=https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/draws_archive/index.html |website=www.wimbledon.com |publisher=AELTC |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> In 1888 he won his final title at the [[Whitehouse Open]] in Edinburgh. In 1889 he played his final tournament at the Scottish Championships where he was beaten by Ireland's [[Ernest Browne]] in the quarter-finals.
His career singles highlights included winning the [[Whitehouse Open]] four times (1885, 1886, 1887, 1888), the Edinburgh University LTC Tournament two times (1885, 1886) and the [[Warriston Park LTC Tournament]] in 1886. In addition he was a losing finalist at the [[Scottish Championships (tennis)|Scottish Championships]] (1886, 1888), the [[Northumberland Championships]] (1887) and the [[Darlington Association Tournament]] (1888).
==Family==
The sixth of seven sons and one of the eleven children of [[Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne]] and of [[Frances Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne|Frances Dora Smith]], His younger brother [[Patrick Bowes-Lyon]] also played tennis competitively, he never married.<ref>{{cite book |title=Debrett's Peerage and Titles of Courtesy |date=1879 |publisher=Dean & Son |location=London |page=583 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_doNAAAAQAAJ&dq=Claude+Bowes-Lyon%2C+13th+Earl+of+Strathmore+and+Kinghorne+sons&pg=RA1-PA583 |language=en}}</ref> He died at the age of 36 in [[Bordighera]], [[Imperia]], [[Liguria]], [[Italy]].<ref>The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland, 1532-1943. p.128.</ref> His body was returned to [[Glamis Castle]] in Scotland and buried there on 24 April 1897.
==Work==
Herbert Bowes-Lyon qualified in law and became a [[barrister]].
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://www.wimbledon.com/en%20GB/draws%20archive/player%20profile/c361d4bf-0686-4914-ad59-8ec1f4f74348.html Wimbledon: Player Profile: H.B. Lyons]
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