Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

"Jean Lyon" redirects here. For the British advertising manager, see Marion Jean Lyon.

The Right Honourable The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Born	1704 Glamis Castle
Died	18 January 1753 Glamis Castle
Nationality	Scottish
Title	8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Spouse	Joan Nicholson ​ (m. 1736)​
Children	7 (including John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Thomas Lyon)
Parents	John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Lady Elizabeth Stanhope

Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore (1704 – 18 January 1753) was a Scottish nobleman, and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1735, when he resigned upon succeeding to the peerage as Earl of Strathmore.

Lyon was baptized on 6 July 1704, the seventh son of John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Stanhope daughter of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield.

Lyon was returned as Tory member of parliament (MP) for Forfarshire on the Strathmore interest at the 1734 British general election. He vacated his seat when he succeeded his brother to the peerage on 4 January 1735.

On 20 July 1736, Strathmore married Joan (or Jean) Nicholson, daughter of James Nicholson of West Rainton, county Durham at Houghton-le-Spring. He died on 18 January 1753, leaving three sons and four daughters:

• John Lyon, who changed his name and became John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1737–1776)
• James Philip Lyon (1738–1763)
• Thomas Lyon (1741–1796). MP for Aberdeen Burghs. Married Mary Wren. Their daughter Charlotte Lyon (died 1871) married Revd Henry George Liddell (died 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 (died 1767)
• Susan Lyon (died 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 died 1872). Their youngest daughter, Frances Eleanor (1775 or 1776 – 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 (died 1836)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

16. Patrick Lyon, 1st Earl of Kinghorne 8. John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Kinghorne 17. Anne Lyon, Countess of Kinghorne 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. 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