John Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis (1558) was a Scottish nobleman.

Life

He was born about 1521, the son of

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 ...

, by Janet Douglas, second daughter of George, master of Angus. His father died in 1528. Along with his mother, who had married as her second husband Archibald Campbell of

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, Glamis and others were in July 1537 placed on trial on the charge of conspiring to cause the death of

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by poison. His mother Janet was found guilty and burnt at the stake. Glamis, then only in his sixteenth year, confessed, and was placed in prison. Some time later he was released from prison, but on 3 December 1540 his estates were annexed to the crown by act of parliament. On 13 March 1543 the forfeiture was rescinded, and he was restored to his titles and estates. In 1544 Glamis, along with

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, and Norman Leslie, supported Charteris of Kinfauns in his attempt to seize

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of which he had been elected Lord Provost, from

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, who had been deprived of the provostship by

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. In the following year he held a command in the vanguard of the Scottish army, which, after invading England, retired before inferior numbers. On the forfeiture of Sir James Kirkcaldy of Grange, Glamis received on 12 September 1548 the barony of Kinghorn, with other lands. The barony had been bestowed on Kirkcaldy on 13 October 1537. Glamis died in 1558.

Family

He married Janet Keith, daughter of Robert Keith, Master of Marischal, and sister of

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. Their children included: *

John Lyon, 8th Lord Glamis John Lyon, 8th Lord Glamis (died 1578) was a Scottish nobleman, judge and Lord High Chancellor of Scotland. Life He was the eldest son of John Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis, by his wife, Janet Keith, daughter of Robert Keith, Master of Marischal, and sis ...

* William Lyon * Thomas, Master of Glamis. *

Margaret Lyon Margaret Lyon (died 1625) was a Scottish aristocrat and landowner. She was the daughter of John Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis and Janet Keith, daughter of Robert Keith, Master of Marischal, and sister of William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal. Families She m ...

, who married

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, and then

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References

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Glamis, John Lyon, 7th Lord 1520s births Year of birth uncertain 1558 deaths Scottish feudal barons Lords of Parliament (pre-1707) 16th-century Scottish peers Clan Lyon