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[[Category:Clan Lyon]]

==Sir John is widely accepted as being the progenitor of Clan Lyon==
''a claim verified by renowned historian Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk''. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lyon,_Lord_of_Glamis#cite_note-1

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== Biography ==
:'''Glamis (pronounced “Glarms”)'''
Sir John Lyon, Thane of Glamis was born about 1340 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lyon,_Lord_of_Glamis#cite_note-1 in Scotland to Sir [[Lyon-1542|John Lyon]] and [[St John-300|Margery St John]]. From his complexion Sir John was styled the 'whyte Lyon.'
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*'''Knighted''' Sir John was knighted before October 2, 1377. He was slain on November 4th 1382 by Sir James Lindsay of Crawford. The ''liber Pluscardensis'' states that the deed was done at night when the victim was in bed and unsuspecting. The event marked the beginning of a feud between the families which remained unhealed for centuries.

'''Interred in Abbey Church of Scone'''
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scone_Abbey
:(It was largely destroyed by a mob in 1559)
http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/scone_abbey.html
*He was, by the King's own direction interred in Abbey Church of Scone, where his Majesty intended his own body should be committed to its rest, and where, at his death, he was actually interred. Crawfurd's Lives of the Officers of the Crown in Scotland, 301.

*'''Wife'''
Sir John's wife was the [[Stewart-968 |Princess Johanna Stewart]], one of the daughters of [[Stewart-1001|King Robert II]]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_II_of_Scotland. by his first wife Elizabeth daughter of Sir Adam Mure of Rowallan. Her marriage with Sir John Lyon took place between 27 June and 4th of October 1376, on which latter date the King designs him his dearest son.' The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom
by Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 p.264 - 269

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==Chamberlain of Scotland==
'''Chamberlain of Scotland, from October 20, 1377 to 1382'''
----Sir John Lyon, Thane of Glamis, jure uxoris Thane of Tannadyce (c.1340 - 4 November 1382), was Chamberlain of Scotland between 1377 and 1382https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lyon,_Lord_of_Glamis

Lyon Castles

*'''Glamis Castle'''

http://www.glamis-castle.co.uk/

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Septs: Lion(s), Lyon, Lyons, Lehane Lehan
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*'''Rival Clans'''

:::Clan Lindsay

== Sources ==
* WikiTree profile Lyon-411 created through the import of O'Bryan Family tree.ged on Sep 6, 2011 by [[Tropeck-1 | Tim Tropeck]]. See the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Lyon-411 Changes page] for the details of edits by Tim and others.

The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom
by Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931
https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun08pauluoft

----Sir James Balfour Paulhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Balfour_PaulAmong his works was Scots Peerage, a nine-volume series published from 1904 to 1914Arms of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne



==NOTES==Categories: Lord Chamberlains of Scotland14th-century Scottish peoplePolitical office-holders in ScotlandClan LyonScottish nobility stubs
----Sir John Lyon is an ancestor of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (formerly Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon), meaning that the current British monarch is also descended from him.

Birth	1340	Glamis, Angusshire, Scotland
Birth	1340
Marriage	4 Oct 1376	Glamis, Angushire, Scotland - Princess Jean "Princess of Scotland" Stewart
Death	4 Nov 1382	Balhall, Angusshire, Scotland
Death	4 Nov 1382
Alt name		John Lyon
Reference No		2701384
Reference No
Reference No		60
Reference No		2737786

Spouse	Princess Jean "Princess of Scotland" Stewart (1350 - 1404)
Child	Sir John Lyon (1380 - 1435)

Father	John Lyon (1314 - 1382)
Mother	Margery St John (1330 - 1350)