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.
Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus was a Scottish nobleman active during the reigns of James V and Mary, Queen of Scots. He was the son of George, Master of Angus, who was killed at the Battle of Flodden, and succeeded as Earl of Angus on the death of his grandfather, Archibald.
Glamis is a small village in Angus, Scotland, located 5 miles (8 km) south of Kirriemuir and 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Forfar. It is the location of Glamis Castle, the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton was a grandson of the 6th Earl of Morton. He was Treasurer of Scotland, and a zealous Royalist.
Clan Lyon is a Scottish clan.
The Lord Chancellor of Scotland, formally titled Lord High Chancellor, was a Officer of State in the Kingdom of Scotland. The Lord Chancellor was the principal Great Officer of State, the presiding officer of the Parliament of Scotland, the Keeper of the Great Seal, the presiding officer of the Privy Council, and a judge of the College of Justice.
Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th and 2nd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne,, styled as Master of Glamis until 1904 and Lord Glamis until 1944, was a British landowner, peer and British Army officer. He was the eldest brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, thus a maternal uncle of Queen Elizabeth II.
John or Jack Lyon may refer to:
George Douglas, Master of Angus was a Scottish Nobleman. The son of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus and Elizabeth Boyd, daughter of Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd, he was born at Tantallon Castle and died at the Battle of Flodden.
Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis was a Scottish noblewoman accused of attempted murder, who was executed by burning during the reign of James V of Scotland. Janet was accused of trying to poison James V, implicated by a spurned suitor. James hated the Douglas family and swore revenge after mistreatment by his stepfather Archibald Douglas.
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.
Agnes Leslie, Countess of Morton was a Scottish noblewoman, being the daughter of George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes. She was the wife of William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, who as Laird of Lochleven Castle was the custodian of Mary, Queen of Scots during her captivity from June 1567 until her escape on 2 May 1568. Agnes was Queen Mary's chief female companion throughout her imprisonment; thus it was while Lady Agnes was recovering from childbirth that the queen successfully escaped from Lochleven.
Sir Thomas Lyon, Master of Glamis was a Scottish nobleman and official, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland.
Alexander Lyon, 2nd Lord of Glamis, was a Scottish nobleman.
John Lyon, 3rd Lord of Glamis was a Scottish nobleman.
John Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis was a Scottish nobleman.
John Lyon, 8th Lord Glamis was a Scottish nobleman, judge and Lord High Chancellor of Scotland.
Patrick Lyon, 1st Earl of Kinghorne was a Scottish landowner.
John Forbes, 6th Lord Forbes was a Scottish landowner.
