Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore (1704 – 18 January 1753) was the son of John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Lady Elizabeth Stanhope.

On 20 July 1736, he married Jean Nicholsen, at Houghton-le-Spring. They had seven children:

  • John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1737–1776)
  • James Philip Lyon (1738–1763)
  • Hon. Thomas Lyon (1741–1796). Married Mary Wren. Their daughter Charlotte Lyon (d. 1871) married Revd Henry George Liddell (d. 1872) (son of Sir Henry Liddell 5th Bart). The children of Charlotte Lyon and Revd Henry George Liddell were the Very Revd Henry George Liddell (d. 1898) and Charles Liddell (d. 1894)
  • Mary Lyon (d. 1767)
  • Susan Lyon (d. 26 February 1769)
  • Anne Lyon (c. 1753–?). Married John Simpson. Their daughter Maria Susannah Simpson married Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth (youngest son of Sir Henry Liddell 5th Bart, younger brother of Revd Henry George Liddell d. 1872)
  • Jane Lyon (d. 1836)

He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Forfarshire from 1734 until he succeeded his father to the peerage in 1735.[1]

Ancestry

Family of Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Patrick Lyon 1st Earl of Kinghorne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Kinghorne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Lady Anne Murray
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Patrick Maule, 1st Earl of Panmure
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Lady Elizabeth Maule
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Frances Stanhope
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Robert Middleton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Elizabeth Strachan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Lady Helen Middleton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. James Durham
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Grizel Durham
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Janet Wishart
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Henry Stanhope, Lord Stanhope
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Catherine Hastings
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Hon. Katherine Wotton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Mary Throckmorton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Lady Elizabeth Stanhope
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Elizabeth Poyntz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Lady Elizabeth Butler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Richard Preston, 1st Earl of Desmond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Lady Elizabeth Preston, 2nd Lady Dingwall
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Lady Elizabeth Butler
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Forfarshire
1734 – 1735
Succeeded by
William Maule
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1735–1753
Succeeded by
John Bowes
Masonic offices
Preceded by Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Scotland

1740–1741
Succeeded by
The Earl of Leven


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