Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
The Right Honourable The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Born	1704; Glamis Castle
Died	18 January 1753; Glamis Castle
Nationality	Scottish
Title	8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Spouse	Joan Nicholson (m. 1736)
Children	7 (including John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Thomas Lyon)
Parents	John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne; Lady Elizabeth Stanhope;

Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore (1704 – 18 January 1753) was a Scottish nobleman, and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1735, when he resigned upon succeeding to the peerage as Earl of Strathmore.

Lyon was baptized on 6 July 1704, the seventh son of John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Stanhope daughter of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield.^[1]

Lyon was returned as Tory member of parliament (MP) for Forfarshire on the Strathmore interest at the 1734 British general election. He vacated his seat when he succeeded his brother to the peerage on 4 January 1735.^[1]

On 20 July 1736, Strathmore married Joan (or Jean) Nicholson, daughter of James Nicholson of West Rainton, county Durham at Houghton-le-Spring. He died on 18 January 1753, leaving three sons and four daughters:^[1]

John Lyon, who changed his name and became John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1737–1776)
James Philip Lyon (1738–1763)
Thomas Lyon (1741–1796). MP for Aberdeen Burghs. Married Mary Wren. Their daughter Charlotte Lyon (died 1871) married Revd Henry George Liddell (died 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 (died 1767)
Susan Lyon (died 26 February 1769)
Anne Lyon (22 April 1746 – 1811). In 1768 she married John Simpson (1740–1802), of Bradley Hall, Durham, son of John Simpson, of Bradley Hall. Their daughter Maria Susannah Simpson (1773–1845) married Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth (youngest son of Sir Henry Liddell 5th Bart, younger brother of Revd Henry George Liddell died 1872). Their youngest daughter, Frances Eleanor (1775 or 1776 – 15 April 1833) married in 1799 Sir John Dean Paul, 1st Bart. of Rodborough, Co. of Gloucester, (1775–1852) and had three sons and four daughters.
Jane Lyon (died 1836)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

16. Patrick Lyon, 1st Earl of Kinghorne

8. John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Kinghorne

17. Anne Lyon, Countess of Kinghorne

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. 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

^ ^a ^b ^c "LYON, Hon. Thomas (1704-53)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Robert Scott	Member of Parliament for Forfarshire 1734–1735	Succeeded by William Maule
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by James Lyon	Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 1735–1753	Succeeded by John Bowes
Masonic offices
Preceded by The Earl of Morton	Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland 1740–1741	Succeeded by The Earl of Leven

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