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Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

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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

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Forfarshire
1734 – 1735 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1735–1753 		Succeeded by
Masonic offices
Preceded by Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Scotland
1740–1741 		Succeeded by

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