John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne [SEP] father
John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1663–1712) 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.
Marriage and issue.
On 21 September 1691, John married Elizabeth Stanhope, daughter of Lady Elizabeth Butler and Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield.
he succeeded his father as the 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne; and from that time onwards, she was styled Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
Together they had 10 children:
- Patrick Lyon, Lord Glamis (1692- September 1709)
- Philip Lyon, Lord Glamis (29 October 1693 – 18 March 1712), died of smallpox in London; he was unmarried.
- John Lyon, 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (27 April 1696 – 13 November 1715), was killed at the Battle