In 1987, the public made the same discovery in real life; the Daily Express reported that Nerissa had been buried the year prior in a paupers grave marked only by a serial number and plastic name tag. She remarried Prince George Valdemar of Denmark in September 1950. All content copyright Unofficial Royalty 2023. 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. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. City of Westminster, Greater London, England, Redhill, Reigate and Banstead Borough, Surrey, England. 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. As for why the family didn't "behave like human beings," as Helena Bonham Carter's Margaret puts. John Bowes-Lyon pousa Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, fille du 21e baron Clinton. As with the Bowes-Lyon family, there were members of the Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis who had the means and the familial responsibility to make the decisions regarding Nerissa and Katherine. They and three of the sisters maternal cousins were declared dead and secretly sent to an institution and the royal family never visited them. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? She became a Princess of Denmark through her second marriage. Katherine received no visitors at the asylum, and as her aunt, the Queen Mother, lived on into cosseted old age, she did not possess even her own underwear at least until her final years there and had to dress from a communal wardrobe. Katherine stayed in the hospital until 1997, when it closed amid abuse claims, and then lived. He married Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, the younger daughter of 21st Baron Clinton in September 1914. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. Add to your scrapbook. The value of purpose and a sense of meaning is discussed, while also showing the cruel pitfalls of the Royal Family. 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. 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. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140895787/katherine-juliette-bowes-lyon. Sorry! On 19 June 1920, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Forfarshire. Nerissa and Katherine Bowes-Lyon were two of the daughters of John Herbert Bowes-Lyon and his wife Fenella (ne Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis). 0 cemeteries found in Redhill, Reigate and Banstead Borough, Surrey, England. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? 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). The email does not appear to be a valid email address. It's thought the sisters' symptoms were due to a genetic condition from their mother's bloodline, not that of the Bowes-Lyon. 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 Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. 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. Crace observed that it was Nerissa's death in 1986 which had sparked the tabloid interest in the story the following year. 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. It took coughing up blood in front of Queen Elizabeth II, but in episode seven of The Crowns season four, Princess Margaret finally accepts that its time to change things up. (TV: Last of the Time Lords) The governor, several guards and she resurrected the Master. 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. If youre wondering to whom shes referring, so was Margaret. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. The Queen Mother believed her nieces were deceased and she was not aware of their situation until 1982. Learn more about merges. Fenella Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (19 August 1889 - 19 July 1966), the younger daughter of Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Nerissa died aged 66 in 1986 and was buried in a grave marked only with a name tag and serial number. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. 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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. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. By 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.. 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. Failed to report flower. [6], The Hon. 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. Shortly after her twenty-fifth birthday, in June 1919, Violet was all but frog-marched down the aisle. On 29 September 1914, Bowes-Lyon married the Hon. This account has been disabled. Where were her Bowes-Lyon and Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis family members? All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Resend Activation Email. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. The Hon. Harriet Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (1887-1958), sister of Nerissa 132033060 and Katherine 140895787's mother Fenella #132033060, married Major Henry Nevile Fane 24May {1883}1895 -2Aug 1947, and 3 of their 7 children lived in Earlswood Hospital:. 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. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. 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. Nerissa et Katherine Bowes-Lyon ont t internes depuis leur adolescence. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. [4] Earlswood closed in 1997. 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. Oops, something didn't work. Year should not be greater than current year. Her father was the Hon. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. [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). Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. It turns out the recessive gene in question came from her cousins common maternal grandfather, Charlies Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton. At the time, Buckingham palace said the Queen was aware of the report but added: We have no comment about it at all. 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