John Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis (1558) was a Scottish nobleman.
Life
He was born in 1510, the son of
John Lyon, 6th Lord Glamis, 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
Skipnish, Glamis and others were in July 1537 placed on trial on the charge of conspiring to cause the death of
James V of Scotland
James V (10 April 1512 – 14 December 1542) was List of Scottish monarchs, King of Scotland from 9 September 1513 until his death in 1542. He was crowned on 21 September 1513 at the age of seventeen months. James was the son of King James IV a ...
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 an 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 On 13 March 1543 the forfeiture was rescinded, and he was restored to his titles and estates.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
Patrick Gray, 4th Lord Gray, and
Norman Leslie, supported Charteris of Kinfauns in his attempt to seize
Perth
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of which he had been elected Lord Provost, from
William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven
William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven (died December 1552) was a Scottish nobleman. He served as an Extraordinary Lord of Session and Keeper of the Privy Seal.
Life
The 2nd Lord Ruthven was the son of William, Master of Ruthven (who was known as ...
, who had been deprived of the provostship by
Cardinal Beaton. 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 Joan Keith, daughter of Robert Keith, Master of Marischal, and sister of
William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal. Their children included:
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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 si ...
* William Lyon
*
Thomas, Master of Glamis.
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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 ...
, who married
Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis, and then
John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton
John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton (1540–1604) was the founder of the long line of the Duke of Hamilton, marquesses and dukes of Hamilton in Scotland.
Birth and origins
John was born about 1540 in Scotland. He was the third son of Ja ...
.
References
;Attribution
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1520s births
Year of birth uncertain
1558 deaths
Nobility from Angus, Scotland
Scottish feudal barons
Lords of Parliament (pre-1707)
16th-century Scottish peers
Clan Lyon