John Lyon, 6th Lord Glamis
John Lyon, 6th Lord Glamis( died 1528) was a Scottish nobleman.
He was the second son of John Lyon, 4th Lord Glamis, and succeeded his brother as Lord Glamis in 1505.
He married Janet Douglas( died 17 July 1537)
Janet was falsely charged with witchcraft by King James V, and burned at the stake on Castle Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland.
She was a daughter of George Douglas, Master of Angus, and sister to Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus.
His son John Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis, was still a minor when the 6th Lord died in 1528.
John was 16 years old and was witness to his mother being burned alive.
Patrick Lyon, 1st Lord Glamis
Patrick Lyon, 1st Lord Glamis( 1402 – 21 March 1459) P.C. was a Scottish nobleman, created Lord Glamis on 28 June 1445.
He was the son of Sir John Lyon of Glamis( c.1377–c.1435) and Elizabeth Graham, daughter of Sir Patrick Graham of Dundaff and Kincardine and Euphemia Stewart, Countess of Strathearn.
Sir John was the son of Sir John Lyon( d. 1382) and Princess Joanna Stewart, daughter of Robert II of Scotland.
Patrick Lyon was hostage in England for King James I from 1424 until 9 November 1427 when he was exchanged for another hostage.
He was one of the Lords Auditors( 1450 – 1451) and Master of the King's Household( 1450 – 1452) to King James II.
He was Ambassador to England( 1451) and again( 1455).
He was Keeper of the Castles of Kildrummy, Kindrocht and Balveny( 1456 – 1459).
Late in 1427 or soon thereafter he married Isabel, daughter of Sir Walter Ogilvie of Lintrethan, Treasurer of Scotland.
They had at least four children:
The late Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Lady Elizabeth Bowes- Lyon, was a descendant of Lord Glamis.
John Lyon, 3rd Lord Glamis
John Lyon, 3rd Lord of Glamis (1431– 1 April 1497) was a Scottish nobleman.
Born in Angus, he was the second son of Patrick Lyon, 1st Lord Glamis, and inherited the title on his brother's death in 1486.
He attended university, possibly in Paris.
He was active in royal service during the early reign of James IV of Scotland, and was appointed justiciar north of Forth.
Before 1479 he married Elizabeth Scrymgeour, supposedly the daughter of John Scrymgeour of Dudhope, constable of Dundee
and they had four sons and seven daughters.
The eldest, John Lyon, succeeded his father as Lord Glamis.
The three younger sons: David Lyon of Cossins, William and George, were killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.
Lord Glamis was buried in Glamis Kirk, Angus.
John Lyon, 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
John Lyon, 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne( 1696 – 13 November 1715) 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 in The Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715.
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.
John Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis
John Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis( – 1558) was a Scottish nobleman.
John Lyon, 4th Lord Glamis
John Lyon, 4th Lord Glamis (died 1500), son of John Lyon, 3rd Lord Glamis was a Scottish nobleman.
He married Elizabeth Gray, the daughter of Andrew, Lord Gray.
They had two children:
George Lyon, 5th Lord Glamis
George Lyon, 5th Lord Glamis( died 1505) was a Scottish nobleman.
He was the eldest son of John Lyon, 4th Lord Glamis, who he succeeded in 1500.
He died young in February 1505 and was succeeded by his brother John Lyon, 6th Lord Glamis.
John Lyon (school founder)
John Lyon( 1514–1592) was a wealthy English landowner, who was the founder of Harrow School.
The John Lyon School, the John Lyon's Charity, and a Harrow School house, Lyon's, are named after him.
Lyon also established a trust for the maintenance of Harrow Road and Edgware Road, which are now owned by the local council.
The income from his estate is dispensed by John Lyon's Charity, which gives grants to benefit young people in nine London boroughs: Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith& Fulham, Kensington& Chelsea, Harrow, Hammersmith& Fulham, and the Cities of London and Westminster.
Grants are awarded to registered charities and state schools.
He lived at Preston Hall, Harrow- on- the- Hill, and had the greatest land income of all landowners in Harrow.
He was a member of an ancient house, the House of Lyons, and a first cousin of Sir John Lyon, who was Lord Mayor of London for the year 1553 – 1554.
John Lyon, 8th Lord Glamis
John Lyon, 8th Lord Glamis( died 1578) was a Scottish nobleman, judge and Lord High Chancellor of Scotland.

Question: What is the place of birth of John Lyon, 4Th Lord Glamis's father?
Answer: Angus