Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.

Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.

Individual Page

Person Info

Name: John LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn
Sex: M
Birth: 8 May 1663 in Castle Huntly ^b
Death: 10 May 1712 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Patrick LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn Birth: 29 May 1643 Death: 15 May 1695 in Castle Huntly

Mother:

Helen MIDDLETON Birth: 2 Death: May 1708

Family:
Marriage:

Elizabeth STANHOPE on Abt 21 Sep 1691 .^m1
Elizabeth STANHOPE Birth: 1663 Death: 24 Apr 1723 in Castle Lyon

Children:

John LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn Death: 13 Nov 1715 in Sheriffmuir
Charles LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn Death: 11 May 1728 in Forfar
James LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn Death: 4 Jan 1734/5 in Edinburgh
Thomas LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn Death: 18 Jan 1753 in Glamis Castle

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/1 [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: CP XII/1 p396],
place:: [Ref: CP XII/1 p396],
parents:: [Ref: CP XII/1 p396]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP XII/1 p396]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth STANHOPE

date:: cont 21 Sep 1691 [Ref: CP XII/1 p396],
child:: [Ref: CP XII/1 p398, CP XII/1 p399]

Research Notes:
2nd Earl of Strathmore, of Earldom cr 1677 [Ref: CP XII/1 p396]

heir of his father [Ref: CP XII/1 p396]

Pedigree of John LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn
                                                                /-----John LYON, Lord Glamis
                                                       /-----John LYON, Lord Glamis
                                                      |         \-----Elizabeth SCRIMGEOUR
                                              /-----John LYON, Lord Glamis
                                             |        |         /-----Andrew GREY, Lord Grey
                                             |         \-----Elizabeth GREY
                                             |                  \-----Janet KEITH
                                     /-----John LYON, Lord Glamis
                                    |        |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
                                    |        |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Master Of Angus
                                    |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth BOYD
                                    |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
                                    |                  \-----Elizabeth DRUMMOND
                                    |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
                            /-----John LYON, Lord Glamis
                           |        |                           /-----Sir William KEITH, Earl Marischal
                           |        |                  /-----William KEITH, Earl Marischal
                           |        |                 |         \-----Mariot ERSKINE
                           |        |         /-----Robert KEITH, Lord Keith
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
                           |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth GORDON
                           |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth HAY
                           |         \-----Janet KEITH
                           |                 |                  /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
                           |                 |         /-----Sir John DOUGLAS, Earl Of Morton
                           |                 |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
                           |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
                           |                          |         /-----Patrick CRICHTON
                           |                           \-----Janet CRICHTON
                   /-----Patrick LYON, Earl of Kinghorn
                  |        |                                    /-----Laurence ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy
                  |        |                           /-----James ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy
                  |        |                          |         \-----Margaret
                  |        |                  /-----Alexander ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy
                  |        |         /-----William ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                  |        |        |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Alexander OGILVY
                  |        |        |                  \-----Margaret OGILVY
                  |         \-----Elizabeth ABERNETHY
                  |                 |                           /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
                  |                 |                  /-----William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
                  |                 |         /-----William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
                  |                 |        |         \-----Isabel GORDON
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Annabella STEWART
                  |                  \-----Elizabeth HAY
                  |                          |                  /-----Patrick LYON, Lord Glamis
                  |                          |         /-----John LYON, Lord Glamis
                  |                          |        |         \-----Isabel OGILVY
                  |                           \-----Christian LYON
                  |                                   |         /-----Sir John SCRIMGEOUR, Constable Of Dundee
                  |                                    \-----Elizabeth SCRIMGEOUR
          /-----John LYON, Earl of Kinghorn
         |        |                                             /-----Sir William MURRAY
         |        |                                    /-----Sir William MURRAY
         |        |                                   |         \-----Mary KEITH
         |        |                           /-----Sir William MURRAY
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
         |        |                          |         \-----Margaret STEWART
         |        |                          |                  \-----Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
         |        |                  /-----Sir William MURRAY
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Jonet STEWART
         |        |                 |         \-----Catherine CAMPBELL
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John MONCRIEFF
         |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret MONCRIEFF
         |        |         /-----John MURRAY, Earl of Tullibardine
         |        |        |        |                           /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham
         |        |        |        |                  /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Elene DOUGLAS
         |        |        |        |         /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Annabel DRUMMOND
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |        |        |         \-----Agnes GRAHAM
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir William KEITH, Earl Marischal
         |        |        |                 |         /-----William KEITH, Earl Marischal
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Mariot ERSKINE
         |        |        |                  \-----Janet KEITH
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth GORDON
         |        |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth HAY
         |         \-----Anne MURRAY
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |                 |                           /-----William DRUMMOND
         |                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |                 |                  /-----Walter DRUMMOND
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
         |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel CAMPBELL
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                 |         /-----David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham
         |                 |        |        |         /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elene DOUGLAS
         |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth GRAHAM
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |                 |        |                  \-----Annabel DRUMMOND
         |                 |        |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |                  \-----Catherine DRUMMOND
         |                          |                           /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
         |                          |                  /-----William RUTHVEN, Master Of Ruthven
         |                          |                 |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
         |                          |         /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
         |                          |        |         \-----Catherine BUTTERGASK
         |                           \-----Lilian RUTHVEN
         |                                   |                  /-----George HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
         |                                   |         /-----Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
         |                                   |        |         \-----Mariot
         |                                    \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
         |                                            |         /-----James DOUGLAS
         |                                             \-----Margaret DOUGLAS
/-----Patrick LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn
|        |                  /-----Patrick MAULE
|        |         /-----Patrick MAULE, Earl of Panmure
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir John ERSKINE
|        |        |         \-----Margaret ERSKINE
|         \-----Elizabeth MAULE
|                 |         /-----Sir Edward STANHOPE
|                  \-----Frances STANHOPE
John LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn
|                  /-----Robert MIDDLETON
|         /-----John MIDDLETON, Earl of Middleton
|        |        |         /-----John STRACHAN
|        |         \-----Helen STRACHAN
\-----Helen MIDDLETON
         |         /-----James DURHAM
          \-----Grizel DURHAM

Descendants of John LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn

1. John LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn m. Elizabeth STANHOPE

m. Elizabeth STANHOPE father: Philip STANHOPE, Earl of Chesterfield mother: Elizabeth BUTLER

2 John LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn

3 Charles LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn m. Susan COCHRANE; Susan COCHRANE father: John COCHRANE, Earl Of Dundonald mother: Anne MURRAY

4 James LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn m. Mary OLIPHANT

5+ Thomas LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn m. Jean NICHOLSON

2nd generation

5. Thomas LYON, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn m. Jean NICHOLSON

m. Jean NICHOLSON father: James NICHOLSON mother: Ann ALLAN

6+ Anne LYON m. John SIMPSON

7+ John BOWES, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne m. Mary Eleanor BOWES

3rd generation

6. Anne LYON m. John SIMPSON

m. John SIMPSON

8+ Maria Susannah SIMPSON m. Thomas Henry LIDDELL, Lord Ravensworth

7. John BOWES, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne m. Mary Eleanor BOWES

m. Mary Eleanor BOWES father: George BOWES mother: Mary GILBERT

9 John BOWES, Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne m. (Unk) MILNER

10+ Thomas LYON-BOWES, Earl of Strathmore and King m1. Mary Elizabeth Louisa Rodney CARPENTER m2. Eliza NORTHCOTE m3. Marianne CHEAPE

4th generation

8. Maria Susannah SIMPSON m. Thomas Henry LIDDELL, Lord Ravensworth

m. Thomas Henry LIDDELL, Lord Ravensworth father: Henry George LIDDELL mother: Elizabeth STEELE

11+ Jane Elizabeth LIDDELL m. William Keppel BARRINGTON, Viscount Barrington of Ardg

10. Thomas LYON-BOWES, Earl of Strathmore and King m1. Mary Elizabeth Louisa Rodney CARPENTER m2. Eliza NORTHCOTE m3. Marianne CHEAPE

m. Mary Elizabeth Louisa Rodney CARPENTER father: George CARPENTER mother: Mary Elizabeth

12+ Thomas George LYON-BOWES m. Charlotte GRIMSTEAD

m. Eliza NORTHCOTE father: Col NORTHCOTE

m. Marianne CHEAPE father: John CHEAPE

5th generation

11. Jane Elizabeth LIDDELL m. William Keppel BARRINGTON, Viscount Barrington of Ardg

m. William Keppel BARRINGTON, Viscount Barrington of Ardg father: George BARRINGTON, Viscount Barrington of Ardg mother: Elizabeth ADAIR

13 Maria BARRINGTON m. Thomas George LYON-BOWES, Earl of Strathmore and King

12. Thomas George LYON-BOWES m. Charlotte GRIMSTEAD

m. Charlotte GRIMSTEAD father: Joseph Valentine GRIMSTEAD mother: Charlotte Sarah Jane WALSH

14 Thomas George LYON-BOWES, Earl of Strathmore and King m. Maria BARRINGTON

15+ Claude BOWES-LYON, Earl of Strathmore and King m. Frances Dora SMITH