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Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

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The Right Honourable
The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
MP
Born1704
Died18 January 1753
NationalityScottish
Title8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
SpouseJoan Nicholson
Children7 (including John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Hon. Thomas Lyon)
Parent(s)John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Lady Elizabeth Stanhope

Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore MP (1704 – 18 January 1753) was a Scottish nobleman, peer, and politician. He was the son of John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Lady Elizabeth Stanhope.

On 20 July 1736, he married Joan Nicholson, 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). MP for Aberdeen Burghs. 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 (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 d. 1872). Their youngest daughter, Frances Eleanor (1775/6 – 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 (d. 1836)

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

Ancestry

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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