Background
He was the son of John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Lady Elizabeth Stanhope.
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James Lyon
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Career
He was christened on 24 December 1702. He succeeded as Earl of Strathmore following the stabbing of Charles Lyon, 6th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne in a drunken altercation in 1728. He died without issue on 4 January 1735 at Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Royal Society.
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1735 (aged 33) -
Nationality
United Kingdom