John Lyon, 8th Lord Glamis

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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

Lord Glamis on the death of his father in 1558. His name first appears in the list of members of the privy council at a meeting of 22 December 1561. On 10 September 1563 the island of Inchkeith was committed to his charge.[1]

Glamis supported the marriage of

James VI of Scotland. On 16 February 1569 he was appointed one of a committee for the pursuit of George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly. He was one of those who voted against the queen's divorce, 31 July 1569, and assisted with other seven noblemen in bearing the body of the Regent Moray at his funeral to St Giles' Cathedral, 14 February 1570.[1]

On 30 September 1570 Glamis was appointed an

The Mearns, and in July he barely escaped capture by Gordon at Brechin. On 2 September 1573 he and other barons of the north signed a band of allegiance to Morton, now Regent, and he was thought to be one of the most loyal of his supporters.[1] On the death of Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll he was appointed to succeed him as Lord chancellor of Scotland on 8 October 1573.[2]

Like many Scottish aristocrats, Glamis was often short of money, and seems to have regularly borrowed from the Edinburgh lawyer John Shairp of Houston.[3]

When the question of

episcopacy was occupying the attention of the lords of the congregation, Glamis corresponded with Theodore Beza on the subject in 1575, and Beza wrote the treatise De triplici Episcopatu, prompted by some of his queries. After the complaint of Colin Campbell, 6th Earl of Argyll to the young king of 4 March 1578, regarding Morton's overbearing demeanour, Glamis joined with other noblemen in advising Morton's resignation, and was one of a deputation sent to ask him to resign. In consenting, Morton is supposed to have taken influenced by Glamis's advice.[1]

Death

Glamis was accidentally killed in a street brawl in Stirling between his followers and those of David Lindsay, 11th Earl of Crawford. He was shot through the head, and David Hume of Godscroft ascribed his death to his height.[4]

Andrew Melville composed a Latin epigram to him.[1] Hercules Rollock wrote a Latin epitaph.[5]

Family

He married Elizabeth Abernethy, sister of Alexander Abernethy, 6th Lord Saltoun. Their children included:

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Lee, Sidney, ed. (1893). "Lyon, John (d.1578)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 34. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ^ Gordon Donaldson, Register of the Privy Seal: 1567-1574, vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1963), p. 405 no. 2148.
  3. ^ Margaret Sanderson, Mary Stewart's People (Edinburgh, 1987), p. 25.
  4. ^ David Reid, ed, History of the House of Angus, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 2005), pp. 242-3.
  5. ^ 'Epitaphium Domini Glainusii', Bridging the Continental Divide, University of Glasgow
  6. ^ Victoria Carr, 'The Countess of Angus's Escape', in Julian Goodare, Scottish Witches and Witch-Hunters (Palgrave, 2013), p. 35.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1893). "Lyon, John (d.1578)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 34. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Lord Glamis
1558–1578 		Succeeded by
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