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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

London, 4 Aug 1900 – Royal Lodge, 30 Mar 2002

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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: From Queen Consort to Lord Warden

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The collection records Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon’s birth in London in 1900 and her death at Royal Lodge in 2002. Her parents were Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. 1234

She married George VI. As his wife, she was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 1936 to 1952. The collection also identifies her as the last empress of India, from 1936 until the dissolution of the British Raj in 1947. 567

In her later public role, she served as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1978 to 2002. The record also identifies her death and funeral as a distinct historical event, completing a chronology that connects her family background, royal consortship, and later office. 89

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Facts and their sources

A life in time

  1. 4 Aug 1900

    Born in London

  2. 1926–1930

    2 children are born

  3. 1936–1952

    Consort of the United Kingdom

  4. 1978–2002

    Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

  5. 30 Mar 2002

    Dies in Royal Lodge, aged 101

Family

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Parents

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Children · 2

During her lifetime

She lived through 11 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around London.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1900s · Queen is born in London

In the news1908

Old Age Pensions Introduced in 1908

In 1908, Parliament approved means-tested old age pensions of up to five shillings a week for people over 70.

Getting around

Horses ruled the early 1900s streets

Before World War One, horses dominated town streets, pulling everything from carriages and taxicabs to delivery carts and buses.

At the table

High Bread Consumption

Bread was a staple for urban families, with some large households consuming as many as sixty loaves a week.

Powered flight. The Wright brothers flew a powered aeroplane at Kitty Hawk in 1903; in 1906 Santos-Dumont flew the 14-bis in Paris.Around the world · 1903–1906

Powered flight. The Wright brothers flew a powered aeroplane at Kitty Hawk in 1903; in 1906 Santos-Dumont flew the 14-bis in Paris.

Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright (credited as photographers) [1], [2] · public domain

What people wore

Working-class menswear habits

Working-class men often wore their father's old suits for manual labor, leading to common sights of mismatched coats and trousers.

Music

Concertina music at village festivals

In the early 20th century, concertinas were widely used at house dances, village festivals, and in pubs, where dancers might even perform on farm wagons. Collectors sometimes had to be stationed at doors to ensure dancers paid the musicians, as collecting fees became harder with the popularity of round dances.

Daily life

Water was often collected from outside taps

Many homes lacked running water, requiring families to collect it from an outside tap shared with neighbours and heat it on the stove for bathing.