Gazetteer
for
Scotland

Help
Glossary

Any Word
People
Places
Statistics

Member's Area
Add Comment

Click for Bookshop

John Lyon
(3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne)

1696 - 1715

3rd Earl of Strathmore
©2011 Gazetteer for Scotland

3rd Earl of Strathmore

Jacobite noble. Born at Glamis Castle, the son of John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Strathmore (1663 - 1712), whom he succeeded in 1712. Lyon was killed at the Battle of Sheriffmuir only three years later (1715), while still a teenager and having never married.


Use the tabs on the right of this page to see other parts of this entry

Overview
More Details
No Photographs
No Sounds
No Video
No User Comments
No Linked Information
If you have found this information useful please consider making
a donation to help maintain and improve this resource. More info...
©2011 The Editors of The Gazetteer for Scotland
Supported by: The Robertson Trust,  The Royal Scottish Geographical Society,
  School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh.