Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
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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 Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was a Scottish peer and the son of Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. He was succeeded by his son, John as Earl....
and Lady Elizabeth Stanhope
Elizabeth Lyon, Countess of Strathmore
Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne , was an English noblewoman and the wife of Scottish peer John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Born to Lady Elizabeth Butler and Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield, her paternity was in doubt...
.
On 20 July 1736, he married Jean Nicholsen
Jean Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Jean Lyon was the Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne and the wife of Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and one of the ancestors of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon...
, at Houghton-le-Spring
Houghton-le-Spring
Houghton-le-Spring is part of the City of Sunderland in the county of Tyne and Wear, North East England that has its recorded origins in Norman times. It is situated almost equidistant between the cathedral city of Durham 7 miles to the south-west and the centre of the City of Sunderland about 6...
. They had seven children:
- John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneJohn Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and KinghorneJohn Bowes , born John Lyon, was the 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and one of the ancestors of the Queen Mother. His father was Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and his mother was the former Jean Nicholsen.In 1767 he married Mary Eleanor Bowes, and upon the request of the...
(1737–1776) - James Philip Lyon (1738–1763)
- Hon. Thomas Lyon (1741–1796)
- Mary Lyon (d. 1767)
- Susan Lyon (d. 26 Feb 1769)
- Anne Lyon (c. 1753–?). Married John Simpson. Their daughter Maria Susannah Simpson married Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron RavensworthThomas Liddell, 1st Baron RavensworthThomas Henry Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth , known as Sir Thomas Liddell, 6th Baronet, from 1791 to 1821, was a British peer and Tory politician.-Life account:...
. - Jane Lyon (d. 1836)