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John Lyon GF Sir Earl 1521–1592 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1521

Birth Location: Rystippe, Middlesex, England

Death Date: 3 Oct 1592

Death Location: Leith, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: John Glamis

Mother: Janet Glamis

Spouse(s): Lady Keith

Children(s): Lord Lyon, John Dalkeith, John Lyon, Margaret Cassilis, Thomas Glamis), Elizabeth Lyon, Eliza Lyon, Richard Lyon, Andrew Sempill, Alice Holmes, Elizabeth Lyon, Lady Seton, Lady Lyon, Margaret Lyon, Countess Lyon, Margaretha concubine, Symond Holmes, George SETON, Thomas Scrogerfield), Zachary Lyon, Barbara Seton, Robert Seton, Price Lyon, Price Lyon, William Lyon, James Lyon, James Lyon, Wightman None, Thomas Lyon, Grisel Semple

In 1521, John Lyon GF Sir Earl entered the world in Rystippe, Middlesex, England, born to John Lyon 6Th Lord Glamis And Janet Douglas Lady Glamis. John Lyon GF Sir Earl married Lady Janet Joan Keith, and had children including Alice Holmes, Andrew Sempill, Barbara Seton, Countess Margaret Kennedy Hamilton Countess Of Cassillis Marchioness Of Hamilton Lyon, Eliza Lyon, Elizabeth Lyon, George Seton, Grisel Semple, Henry Lyon, James Lyon, John Lyon, John Lyon 3Rd Earl Of Morton 5Th Lord Of Dalkeith, Lady Margaret Douglas Seton, Lady Margaret Lyon, Lord William Richard Lyon, Margaret Countess Of Cassillis Marchioness Of Hamilton Lyon, Margaret Lyon Countess Of Cassilis, Margaretha Lyon Dame Marchioness Of Hamilton Concubine, Price Lyon, Richard Lyon, Robert Earl Of Wintoun Seton, Symond Holmes, Thomas De Lyon Master Of Glamis, Thomas Lyon, Thomas Lyon Of Scrogerfield, Wightman, William Lyon, Zachary Lyon. John Lyon GF Sir Earl passed away in 1592 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1521, John Lyon GF Sir Earl entered the world in Rystippe, Middlesex, England, born to John Lyon 6Th Lord Glamis And Janet Douglas Lady Glamis.
  • John Lyon GF Sir Earl married Lady Janet Joan Keith, and had children including Alice Holmes, Andrew Sempill, Barbara Seton, Countess Margaret Kennedy Hamilton Countess Of Cassillis Marchioness Of Hamilton Lyon, Eliza Lyon, Elizabeth Lyon, George Seton, Grisel Semple, Henry Lyon, James Lyon, John Lyon, John Lyon 3Rd Earl Of Morton 5Th Lord Of Dalkeith, Lady Margaret Douglas Seton, Lady Margaret Lyon, Lord William Richard Lyon, Margaret Countess Of Cassillis Marchioness Of Hamilton Lyon, Margaret Lyon Countess Of Cassilis, Margaretha Lyon Dame Marchioness Of Hamilton Concubine, Price Lyon, Richard Lyon, Robert Earl Of Wintoun Seton, Symond Holmes, Thomas De Lyon Master Of Glamis, Thomas Lyon, Thomas Lyon Of Scrogerfield, Wightman, William Lyon, Zachary Lyon.
  • John Lyon GF Sir Earl passed away in 1592 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Glamis
1480–1528
Birth Location: Glamis Castle, Forfarshire, Scotland
JG
Janet Glamis
1499–1537
Birth Location: Angus, Scotland
JG

Spouses(s)

Lady Keith
1528–1559
Birth Location: Ryslippe, Middlesex, England
LK

Children(s)

Lord Lyon
1540–1624
Birth Location: Little Stanmore, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
LL
John Dalkeith
1480–1578
Birth Location: Glamis Castle, Angushire, Scotland
JD
John Lyon
1540–1727
Birth Location: Glamis Castle, Forfarshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
JL
Margaret Cassilis
1546–1616
Birth Location: Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
MC
Thomas Glamis)
1550–1608
Birth Location: Ryslippe,Middlesex,England
TG
Elizabeth Lyon
1558–1586
Birth Location: Glamis, Angus, Scotland
EL
Eliza Lyon
1532–1604
Birth Location: Water St , Manchester, Lancashire, England
EL
Richard Lyon
1540–1590
Birth Location: Little Stanmore (Middlesex) England
RL
Andrew Sempill
1527–1611
Birth Location: Semphill, Renfrewshire, Scotland
AS
Alice Holmes
1544–1592
Birth Location: Newark, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
AH
Elizabeth Lyon
1545–1606
Birth Location: Ryslippe, London, England
EL
Lady Seton
1546–1616
Birth Location: Seton, Tranent, E Lothian, Scotland
LS
Lady Lyon
1547–1625
Birth Location: Glamis, Angushire, Scotland, United Kingdom
LL
Margaret Lyon
1547–1626
Birth Location: Glamis, Angushire, Scotland
ML
Countess Lyon
1547–1626
Birth Location: Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland
CL
Margaretha concubine
1547–1625
Birth Location: Glamis, Angushire, Scotland
Mc
Symond Holmes
1548–
Birth Location: Stoke by Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
SH
George SETON
1548–1620
Birth Location: East Lothian, Scotland
GS
Thomas Scrogerfield)
1550–1608
Birth Location: Angus, Scotland
TS
Zachary Lyon
1550–1583
Birth Location: LITTLE STANMORE, Middlesex, England
ZL
Barbara Seton
1550–1616
Birth Location: Seton, East Lothian, , Scotland
BS
Robert Seton
1550–1602
Birth Location: Seton, Tranent, E Lothian, Scotland
RS
Price Lyon
1552–1575
Birth Location: London, London, England
PL
Price Lyon
1552–1575
Birth Location: Middlesex, England
PL
William Lyon
1555–1624
Birth Location: Little Stamner, Middlesex, England
WL
James Lyon
1558–1616
Birth Location: London, London, London, England, United Kingdom
JL
James Lyon
1558–1616
Birth Location: Heston, London, England
JL
Wightman None
1559–1570
Birth Location: Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England
W
Thomas Lyon
–1608
Birth Location: –
TL
Grisel Semple
1530–1609
Birth Location: Renfrewshire, Scotland
GS

John Earl's Ancestors

Self
John Earl
1521–1592
Birth Place: Rystippe, Middlesex, England
Parents
John Lyon 6th Lord Glamis
1480–1528
Glamis Castle, Forfarshire, Scotland
Janet (Douglas Lady) Glamis
1499–1537
Angus, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Earl's Descendants

1.
JE
John (Lyon GF Sir) Earl (1521–3 Oct 1592) m. Lady (Janet "Joan") Keith (1528–1559)
  1. 1. Lord (William Richard) Lyon 1540–1624
    1. 1. Samuel Lyon 1577–
  2. 2. John (Lyon 3rd Earl of Morton, 5th Lord of) Dalkeith 1480–1578 m. Jonet Douglas 1490–1537 m. Elizabeth (Abernethy Baron) Glammis 1548–1541 m. Lady (Eupheme Douglas of) Morton 1551–1581 m. Margaret Lyon 1559–1581
    1. 1. Lord (John Lyon Holmes, 7th Lord of) Glamis 1509–1592 m. Janet Lyon 1514–1550 m. Janet Keith 1510–1559 m. Joan Lyon 1514–1540 m. Christian Keith 1510–1553 m. Lady (Janet "Joan") Keith 1528–1559
      1. 1. Margaret\Margaretha (Lyon (Kennedy, Hamilton) Dame Marchioness of Hamilton, Concubine, Lady) Glamis 1547–1626 m. Lord (John, 1st Marquis of Hamilton, Hamilton,) Markgraaf 1532–1604 m. Col (Gilbert Lord Gilbert Kennedy 5th Lord Kennedy Kennedy, 4th Earl of (van)) Cassilis 1541–1576
        1. 1. Sir (Lord James I Hamilton, Knight of The Garter, Member) O 1589–1625 m. Lady (Anne Cunningham, Lady of) Glencairn, 1586–1647 m. Agnes (LAIDLAW,) HAMILTON 1570–1640 m. Bessie Cunningham 1590–1624 m. Lady (Anne Cunningham, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of Arran, 1st Countess of Queensberry, 1st Countess of Cambridge, 2nd Marchioness of) Hamilton 1570–1647 m. Margaret (Jean) Spencer 1610–1655 m. Marion Boyd 1579–
        2. 2. Gilbert Kennedy 1570–1605
        3. 3. Lady (Jean) Hamilton 1564–1625
        4. 4. Thomas (Kennedy Master Cassillis, 1st Lord of) Cu 1559–1602
        5. 5. **Margaret (H Kennedy,) Lady 1563–1627
        6. 6. Hew Kennedy 1567–1617
        7. 7. Jean (Jonet) Hamilton 1576–1590
        8. 8. John, (Lord of Letrick) Hamilton 1561–1637
        9. 9. David Hamilton 1566–1637
        10. 10. Gilbert (Kennedy, Laird Drumurchie, 3rd Earl of) Cassillis 1569–1558
        11. 11. John (Kennedy 5th Earl of) Cassilis 1574–1615
        12. 12. Edward Hamilton 1576–1604
        13. 13. Catharine Hamilton 1579–1603
        14. 14. Isobell Hamilton 1580–1671
        15. 15. John (Lord Hamilton Van) Letrick 1585–1637
        16. 16. Gilbert (Kennedy, Laird Drumurchie, 5th Earl of) Cassillis 1565–1601
        17. 17. Charles Kennedy 1565–1625
        18. 18. Barbara Kennedy 1565–1625
        19. 19. Hugh (Kennedy 5th Earl of Cassilis,) 12thGGF 1567–1607
        20. 20. Meg (Willisone) Kennedy 1568–1628
        21. 21. Meg Willisone 1568–1658
        22. 22. Lord (Gilbert V Kennedy, 5th Earl of Cassillis, Laird of) Drumurchie 1576–1601
        23. 23. Thomas Kennedy 1570–1603
        24. 24. Thomas Kennedy 1570–1653
        25. 25. Edward Hamilton 1576–1604
        26. 26. Bishop (Gavin) Hamilton 1587–1612
        27. 27. Hon. (Edward) Hamilton 1589–1604
      2. 2. Mary Lyon 1805–1625
      3. 3. Thomas (Lyon, Master of) Glamis 1550–1607
      4. 4. Agnes (Elizabeth Lyon) Carter 1532–1563
      5. 5. Margaret (Lyon,* Marchioness of) Hamilton,concubine 1547–1635
      6. 6. Elizabeth Lyon 1545–1606
      7. 7. Jachary Lyon 1550–1583
      8. 8. Price (Wightman) Lyon 1552–1575
      9. 9. James Lyon 1558–1616
      10. 10. William (John) Lyon 1540–1624
      11. 11. Lorde (Alexander Gordon,..Baron Gordon of) Edinburgh 1531–1553
      12. 12. David Lyon 1555–1622
      13. 13. Janette Lyon 1558–1616
      14. 14. Jachary Lyon 1550–1583
      15. 15. Frances Wightman 1559–1570
      16. 16. John, (8th Lord of Glamis, Chancellor of Scotland,) Lyon 1540–1578
    2. 2. Beatrice (Margaret Lady of Morton Douglas* Of) Morton 1514–1581 m. (Knight) (Sir Robert Douglas, 3rd Lord of Lochleven, 3rd Earl of) Buchan 1515–1547
      1. 1. James Stewart 1532–1570
      2. 2. William Douglass 1539–1606
      3. 3. Sir (George of Helenhill and Rumgawye) Douglas 1544–1625
      4. 4. Margaret Douglas 1540–
      5. 5. Lord (Robert) Douglas 1533–1580
      6. 6. Jean Douglas 1528–1586
      7. 7. Janet Douglas 1536–
      8. 8. Eupheme Douglas 1533–1580
      9. 9. Catherine Douglas 1530–
    3. 3. Elizabeth Douglas 1528–1581
    4. 4. Lady (Margaret Douglas (King James V half) sister) 1517–1571
    5. 5. James (Douglas, Parson of) Glenbervie 1552–1634
    6. 6. Elizabeth Douglas 1533–1546
    7. 7. Beatrix Douglas 1520–1552
    8. 8. John (Woodward) Douglas 1515–1567
    9. 9. Margaret (Marion) Erskine 1513–1550
    10. 10. Elaine 1525–1578
    11. 11. James (Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, Prince of Scotland) ***** 1507–1508
    12. 12. Sir (William Maxwell of) Carlaverock 1526–1606
    13. 13. Agnes (Anna) Douglas 1505–1599
    14. 14. Robert Keith 1508–1551
    15. 15. Alexander Maxwell 1513–1538
    16. 16. Christian Keith 1512–1553
    17. 17. Alexander Stewart 1514–1515
    18. 18. Lady (Countess Margaret Margaretha (dau of King Henry VII) Tudor-Douglas-Stewart\Stuart-Lennox, Countess of Lennox or Harbottle, Baroness of Ashwell Thorpe, 4th countess of Lennox, dtr of Scottish Dowager QueenMNargaret) Tud 1515–1579
    19. 19. Janet Douglas 1525–1557
    20. 20. Claud Hamilton 1543–1622
    21. 21. Sarah\Sara Douglas 1558–1685
    22. 22. Alice Douglas 1536–1582
    23. 23. Johanna (Joan) Stewart 1544–1571
    24. 24. Isabel Douglas 1537–1582
    25. 25. Archibald Douglas 1525–1570
    26. 26. Marjory Douglas 1529–1577
    27. 27. Lady (Elizabeth Christian Douglas) Falconer 1524–1587
    28. 28. Agnes (Alice) Douglas 1536–1552
    29. 29. Isabel Douglas 1540–1582
    30. 30. Marion Douglas 1546–
    31. 31. Lady (Elizabeth Douglas of Culross Fife 15th) GGM 1510–1594
    32. 32. William (Douglas of Glenberie 9th Earl of) Angus 1533–1591
    33. 33. John (Lyon Baron) Glamis 1563–1558
    34. 34. Patrick (Lyon, 9th lord of Glamis, 1st Earl of) Kinghorn 1575–1615
    35. 35. Sybil Lyon 1570–
  3. 3. John Lyon 1540–1727 m. Elizabeth (Lyon Baron) Glammis 1540–1581
    1. 1. Jane Lyon 1556–1609
    2. 2. Elizabeth Lyon –1606
    3. 3. Sarah –1685
  4. 4. Margaret (Lyon Countess of) Cassilis 1546–1616
  5. 5. Thomas (de Lyon (Master of) Glamis) 1550–1608
  6. 6. Elizabeth Lyon 1558–1586
  7. 7. Eliza Lyon 1532–1604
  8. 8. Richard Lyon 1540–1590
  9. 9. Andrew Sempill 1527–1611
  10. 10. Alice Holmes 1544–1592
  11. 11. Elizabeth Lyon 1545–1606
  12. 12. Lady (Margaret Douglas) Seton 1546–1616
  13. 13. Lady (Margaret) Lyon 1547–1625
  14. 14. Margaret (Countess of Cassillis, Marchioness of Hamilton,) Lyon 1547–1626
  15. 15. Countess (Margaret Kennedy (Hamilton), Countess of Cassillis, Marchioness of Hamilton,) Lyon 1547–1626
  16. 16. Margaretha (Lyon Dame, Marchioness of Hamilton,) concubine 1547–1625
  17. 17. Symond Holmes 1548–
  18. 18. George SETON 1548–1620
  19. 19. Thomas (Lyon (of) Scrogerfield) 1550–1608
  20. 20. Zachary Lyon 1550–1583
  21. 21. Barbara Seton 1550–1616
  22. 22. Robert (Earl of Wintoun) Seton 1550–1602
  23. 23. Price Lyon 1552–1575
  24. 24. Price Lyon 1552–1575
  25. 25. William Lyon 1555–1624
  26. 26. James Lyon 1558–1616
  27. 27. James Lyon 1558–1616
  28. 28. Wightman 1559–1570
  29. 29. Thomas Lyon –1608
  30. 30. Grisel Semple 1530–1609

John Earl's Timeline

6 Records

1480
1480/1491
Birth of John Lyon GF Sir Earl in Glamis, Angusshire, Scotland
Glamis, Angusshire, Scotland
1521
1521
Birth of John Lyon GF Sir Earl in Alban, Portage, Wisconsin, USA
Alban, Portage, Wisconsin, USA
1521
1521
Birth of John Lyon GF Sir Earl in Glamis Castle, Forfar, Angus, Scotland
Glamis Castle, Forfar, Angus, Scotland
1521
1521
Birth of John Lyon GF Sir Earl in Rystippe, Middlesex, England
Rystippe, Middlesex, England
1528
8 Apr 1528
Age 7
Death of John Lyon GF Sir Earl in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
1592
3 Oct 1592
Age 71
Death of John Lyon GF Sir Earl in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
Leith, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1480/1491
    Event Place: Glamis, Angusshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1521
    Event Place: Alban, Portage, Wisconsin, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1521
    Event Place: Glamis Castle, Forfar, Angus, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1521
    Event Place: Rystippe, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Frome, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Apr 1528
    Event Place: Leith, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Oct 1592
    Event Place: Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
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