John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was a Scottish nobleman and peer. He was the son of Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. He married Elizabeth Stanhope on 21 September 1691 and was succeeded as Earl by his son John Lyon, 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.Marriage and issue
On 21 September 1691, John married Elizabeth Stanhope, daughter of Lady Elizabeth Butler and Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield. In May 1695, almost four years after their marriage, he succeeded his father as the 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
Together they had 10 children:
- Patrick Lyon, Lord Glamis
- Philip Lyon, Lord Glamis, died of smallpox in London; he was unmarried.
- John Lyon, 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was killed at the Battle of Sheriffmuir while fighting for the Jacobite cause. Died unmarried.
- Charles Lyon, 6th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was killed in a brawl; he married Lady Susan Cochrane, but had no legitimate issue.
- Hendrie Lyon, died young.
- James Lyon, 7th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne ; a Freemason, he married Mary Oliphant, however, their marriage was childless.
- Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, married Jean Nicholson, by whom he had issue. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen consort of King George VI was one of his numerous descendants.
- Lady Helen Lyon, married Robert Stuart, 7th Lord Blantyre; her only son died young
- Lady Mary Lyon, unmarried.
- Lady Catherine Lyon, died young.
