John Lyon, 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

John Lyon, 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (bapt. 27 April 1690 – 13 November 1715) was a Scottish peer and nobleman. He was the son of John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. He died fighting with the Jacobites at the Battle of Sheriffmuir on 13 November 1715.^[1][2]

John Lyon
Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Tenure	11 September 1712 – 13 November 1715
Predecessor	John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Successor	Charles Lyon, 6th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Baptised	27 April 1690
Died	13 November 1715(1715-11-13) (aged 25) Sheriffmuir, Scotland, Great Britain
Noble family	Lyon
Father	John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Mother	Elizabeth Lyon, Countess of Strathmore

Ancestry

Ancestors of John Lyon, 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

16. Patrick Lyon, 1st Earl of Kinghorne 8. John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Kinghorne 17. Lady Anne Murray 4. Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 18. Patrick Maule, 1st Earl of Panmure 9. Lady Elizabeth Maule 19. Frances Stanhope 2. John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 20. Robert Middleton 10. John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton 21. Elizabeth Strachan 5. Lady Helen Middleton 22. James Durham 11. Grizel Durham 23. Janet Wishart 1. John Lyon, 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne 24. Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield 12. Henry Stanhope, Lord Stanhope 25. Catherine Hastings 6. Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield 26. Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton 13. Hon. Katherine Wotton 27. Mary Throckmorton 3. Lady Elizabeth Stanhope 28. Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles 14. James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde 29. Elizabeth Poyntz 7. Lady Elizabeth Butler 30. Richard Preston, 1st Earl of Desmond 15. Lady Elizabeth Preston, 2nd Lady Dingwall 31. Lady Elizabeth Butler