Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore (1704 – 18 January 1753) was the son of John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Lady Elizabeth Stanhope.

On 20 July 1736, he married Jean Nicholsen, at Houghton-le-Spring. They had seven children:

• John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1737–1776)
• James Philip Lyon (1738–1763)
• Hon. Thomas Lyon (1741–1796). Married Mary Wren. Their daughter Charlotte Lyon (d. 1871) married Revd Henry George Liddell (d. 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 (d. 1767)
• Susan Lyon (d. 26 February 1769)
• Anne Lyon (c. 1753–?). Married John Simpson. Their daughter Maria Susannah Simpson married Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth (youngest son of Sir Henry Liddell 5th Bart, younger brother of Revd Henry George Liddell d. 1872)
• Jane Lyon (d. 1836)

He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Forfarshire from 1734 until he succeeded his father to the peerage in 1735.

Ancestry

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

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

References

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Robert Scott	Member of Parliament for Forfarshire 1734 – 1735	Succeeded by William Maule
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by James Lyon	Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 1735–1753	Succeeded by John Bowes
Masonic offices
Preceded by The Earl of Morton	Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland 1740–1741	Succeeded by The Earl of Leven