Timothy Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 16th and 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (18 March 1918 – 13 September 1972), was a British nobleman and peer.

Born on 18 March 1918 in Teesdale, County Durham, he was the second son and third child of Patrick, Lord Glamis, and Lady Dorothy Osborne (1888–1946).

His paternal grandparents were Claude, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck, and his maternal grandfather was George, 10th Duke of Leeds.

[1] He was educated at Stowe School and after serving with their cadet contingent, received a commission in the Black Watch on 29 October 1937.

[3] On 18 June 1958, Strathmore married Mary Bridget Brennan (c. 1923–1967), an Irish nurse, at Glamis Castle, much to the dismay of his family.