| Clan Lyon | |||
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 Crest: Within a garland of bay leaves, a lady from the middle richly attired, holding in her dexter hand a thistle all Proper (in allusion to the alliance of Sir John Lyon with Princess Jean, daughter of King Robert II). | |||
| Motto | In Te Domine Speravi (In thee o Lord have I put my trust) [1] | ||
| Profile | |||
| Region | Lowlands | ||
| Chief | |||
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| Rt Hon Simon Patrick Bowes-Lyon | |||
| 19th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | |||
| Seat | Glamis Castle | ||
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Clan Lyon is a Scottish clan. [2]
Genealogist Sir Iain Moncreiffe stated that the Lyons were a family of Celtic origin and that they were descended from a younger son of the Clan Lamont. [2] However it is more generally accepted that the Lyons descend from a French family called de Léon. [2] At the end of the eleventh century the de Leons had come north with Edgar, son of Malcolm III of Scotland to fight against his uncle, Donald Bane. [2] Edgar was victorious and the de Leons received lands that were later called Glen Lyon in Perthshire. [2] In 1105 Roger de Leonne witnessed a charter from Edgar to Dunfermline Abbey. [2]
Robert II of Scotland granted to Sir John Lyon, who was known as the White Lyon due to his complexion, the thanage of Glamis and five years later he was made Chamberlain of Scotland. [2] Sir John Lyon married king Robert's daughter, Princess Jean Stewart which brought him the lands of Tannadice on the River Esk. [2] Lyon was also granted the barony of Kinghorn, however he was later killed in a quarrel with Sir James Lindsay of Crawford. [2]
Sir John Lyon's son, another John Lyon further strengthened the royal ties by marrying a granddaughter of Robert II. [2] John's son, Patrick Lyon was created Lord Glamis in 1445. [2] He became Master of the Household of Scotland and a Privy Councillor. [2] He had previously been sent to England as a hostage in 1424 for the ransom of James I of Scotland. [2]
John Lyon, 6th Lord Glamis was a quarrelsome man with a quick temper. [2] He married Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis, granddaughter of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus who was known as Bell the Cat, and after Douglas died she suffered terribly for the hatred that James V of Scotland had towards all of the name of Douglas. [2] Lady Glamis was accused of witchcraft and despite speaking boldly in her own defense, she was burnt at the stake on castle hill in Edinburgh on 3 December 1540. [2] Her young son was also sentenced to death when he came of age, however the king died before he had grown up and so he avoided the death sentence and was released. [2] The king had taken possession of Glamis Castle and plundered it. [2]
John Lyon, 8th Lord Glamis renounced his allegiance to Mary, Queen of Scots and served under the Regents Moray and Lennox. [2] The 8th Lord was made Lord Chancellor of Scotland and also Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland. [2] The 9th Lord Glamis was captain of the Royal Guard and a Privy Councillor to James VI of Scotland. [2] He was created Earl of Kinghorne, Viscount Lyon and Baron Glamis in 1606. [2]
John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Kinghorne was a close personal friend of James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose. [2] Lyon was with Montrose in 1638 when he subscribed to the National Covenant. [2] Lyon accompanied Montrose on his early campaigns in defense of the Covenant, however he did not support him when he chose to fight for Charles I of England. [2] As a result, Lyon's estates were almost ruined for supporting the Army of the Covenant. [2]
Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne paid off the debts that he had inherited from his father and was later able to enlarge Glamis Castle. [2]
The 3rd Earl's son, John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was a member of the Privy Council but opposed the 1707 Treaty of Union. [2] During the Jacobite rising of 1715, his son was a Jacobite who fought at the Battle of Sheriffmuir and died defending his regiment's colours. [2] James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) stayed at Glamis in 1716 and amongst the relics of the castle today are a sword and watch that belonged to him. [2]
During the Jacobite rising of 1745 the Duke of Cumberland stayed at Glamis on his march to the Battle of Culloden, but it is said that he was much less welcome. [2]
Current Chief (assumed) - Simon Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 19th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1987-2016 – Rt Hon Michael Fergus Bowes-Lyon, DL, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1972–1987 – Rt Hon Fergus Michael Claude Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1949–1972 – Timothy Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 16th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1944–1949 – Rt Hon Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1904–1944 – Rt Hon Claude George Bowes-Lyon, KG, KT, GCVO, TD, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1865–1904 – Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1846–1865 – Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 12th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1820–1846 – Thomas Lyon-Bowes, 11th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1776–1820 – John Lyon-Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1753–1776 – John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1735–1753 – Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1728–1735 – James Lyon, 7th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1695–1712 – Charles Lyon, 6th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1712–1715 – John Lyon, 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1695–1712 – John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1646–1695 – Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1615–1646 – John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1606–1615 – Patrick Lyon, 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
The seat of the chief of Clan Lyon is at Glamis Castle in Angus, Scotland.
Quarterly, 1st & 4th, argent, a lion rampantazure, armed and langued gules, within a double tressure flory counterflory of the Second (Lyon); 2nd & 3rd, ermine, three bows stringed paleways Proper (Bowes); en surtout an inescutcheon azure, thereon a rose argent, barbed vert and seeded or, ensigned with the Imperial Crown Proper, within a double tressure flory counterflory of the Second, the said inescutcheon ensigned with an Earl’s coronet Proper (the said honourable augmentation being limited to the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and to the heirs succeeding him in his said Earldom).
Glamis Castle is situated beside the village of Glamis in Angus, Scotland. It is the home of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and is open to the public.
Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne is a title in the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The earl is also Chief of Clan Lyon.
Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th and 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne,, styled as Lord Glamis from 1865 to 1904, was a British peer and landowner who was the father of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II.
Michael Fergus Bowes-Lyon, 18th and 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne,, styled Lord Glamis between 1972 and 1987, was a British politician and soldier, and a first cousin, once removed, of Queen Elizabeth II. He was usually known to family and friends as Mikey Strathmore.
The Bowes-Lyon family descends from George Bowes of Gibside and Streatlam Castle (1701–1760), a County Durham landowner and politician, through John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, chief of the Clan Lyon. Following the marriage in 1767 of the 9th Earl to rich heiress Mary Eleanor Bowes, the family name was changed to Bowes by Act of Parliament. The 10th Earl changed the name to Lyon-Bowes and the 13th Earl, Claude, changed the order to Bowes-Lyon.
Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th and 2nd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was a British nobleman and peer. As the eldest brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, he was a maternal uncle of Queen Elizabeth II.
Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was a Scottish peer and nobleman. He was the son of John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Kinghorne and his wife Lady Elizabeth Maule, daughter of Patrick Maule, 1st Earl of Panmure and Frances Stanhope. Patrick was the grandson of Patrick Lyon, 1st Earl of Kinghorne and his wife Anne Murray.
John Lyon, 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was a Scottish peer and nobleman. He was the son of John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. He died fighting with the Jacobites at the Battle of Sheriffmuir on 13 November 1715.
Clan Drummond is a Highland Scottish clan. The surname is rendered "Druimeanach" in modern Scottish Gaelic.
Timothy Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 16th and 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was a British nobleman and peer. He was the second son of The 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and the nephew of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, wife of King George VI. He was a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret.
Clan Ogilvy, also known as Clan Ogilvie, is a Highland Scottish clan. Originating from Angus, Scotland, the progenitor of the Clan received a barony from King William the Lion in 1163. In 1491, King James IV elevated Sir James Ogilvy as Lord Ogilvy of Airlie.
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, styled The Honourable Claude Bowes-Lyon from 1847 to 1865, was a British peer. He was the 13th holder of the Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne, the paternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, a great-grandfather of Elizabeth II, and great-great-grandfather of Charles III.
John or Jack Lyon may refer to:
Sir John Lyon of Glamis was a Scottish nobleman who was Chamberlain of Scotland between 1377 and 1382. He is regarded as the progenitor of the Chiefs of Clan Lyon.
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.
Elizabeth Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was an English noblewoman and the wife of Scottish peer John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Born to Lady Elizabeth Butler and Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield, her paternity was in doubt. It is possible that her actual father was James, Duke of York, who would in 1685 ascend the throne as King James II of England.
Patrick Lyon may refer to:
The Lyons family is an eminent Anglo-Norman family descended from Ingelram de Lyons, Lord of Lyons, who arrived in England with the Norman Conquest, and from his relation, Nicholas de Lyons, who emigrated from Normandy to England in 1080 and was granted lands at Warkworth, Northamptonshire by William of Normandy. The family originated in the district of the Forest of Lyons, north of the town of Lyons-la-Forêt, in Haute Normandie, where their seat was the Castle of Lyons. The original surname was 'de Lyons' : subsequently, the 'de' was removed from the name, and some branches removed the 's' from the end of the word, producing 'Lyon'.
Patrick Lyon, 1st Earl of Kinghorne was a Scottish landowner.
Simon Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 19th and 6th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, is a Scottish peer and landowner, the owner of estates based at Glamis Castle. He is also 17th Viscount Lyon, 19th Lord Lyon and Glamis, 26th Lord Glamis, 17th Lord Glamis, Tannadyce, Sidlaw and Strathdichtie, and 7th Baron Bowes, and from birth until 2016 was known as Lord Glamis.
