Paternal Family Tree: Lyon
On 24th February 1767 [his father] John Lyon 9th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 29] and [his mother] Mary Bowes Countess Strathmore [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne. He the son of [his grandfather] Thomas Lyon 8th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne and [his grandmother] Jean Nicholson.
On 3rd May 1773 Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne was born to John Lyon 9th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 35] and Mary Bowes Countess Strathmore [aged 24].
On 7th March 1776 [his father] John Lyon 9th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 38] died. His son [his brother] John [aged 6] succeeded 10th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 25th March 1800 Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 26] and Mary Louisa Elizabeth Rodney Carpenter [aged 17] were married. He the son of John Lyon 9th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne and Mary Bowes Countess Strathmore [aged 51].
On 28th April 1800 [his mother] Mary Bowes Countess Strathmore [aged 51] died.
On 6th February 1801 [his son] Thomas George Lyon Bowes was born to Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 27] and [his wife] Mary Louisa Elizabeth Rodney Carpenter [aged 18]. He married 21st December 1820 Charlotte Grimstead and had issue.
On 8th August 1802 [his daughter] Mary Isabella Lyon Bowes was born to Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 29] and [his wife] Mary Louisa Elizabeth Rodney Carpenter [aged 19].
On 1st June 1811 [his wife] Mary Louisa Elizabeth Rodney Carpenter [aged 28] died.
After 1st June 1811 Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 38] and Eliza Northcote were married. He the son of John Lyon 9th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne and Mary Bowes Countess Strathmore.
On 8th August 1813 [his daughter] Sarah Bowes-Lyon was born to Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 40] and [his wife] Eliza Northcote.
On 8th December 1817 Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 44] and Marianna Cheape Countess Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 44] were married at the Charlotte Square Chapel, Edinburgh. He the son of John Lyon 9th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne and Mary Bowes Countess Strathmore.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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On 3rd July 1820 John Lyon 10th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 51] died. His brother Thomas [aged 47] succeeded 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne. Marianna Cheape Countess Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 47] by marriage Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 21st December 1820 Thomas George Lyon Bowes [aged 19] and Charlotte Grimstead [aged 23] were married at St James'. He the son of Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 47] and Mary Louisa Elizabeth Rodney Carpenter.
On 27th January 1834 [his son] Thomas George Lyon Bowes [aged 32] died.
On 11th September 1836 [his daughter] Mary Isabella Lyon Bowes [aged 34] died.
On 27th August 1846 Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 73] died. His grandson Thomas [aged 23] succeeded 12th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne.
On 23rd October 1849 [his former wife] Marianna Cheape Countess Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne [aged 76] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Son of King James I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 18 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick Lyon 1st Earl Kinghorne 4 x Great Grandson of King James I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Lyon 2nd Earl Kinghorne 5 x Great Grandson of King James I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandfather: Patrick Lyon 3rd Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 6 x Great Grandson of King James I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick Maule 1st Earl Panmure 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Maule Countess Kinghorne and Linlithgow 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Stanhope 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Lyon 4th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 7 x Great Grandson of King James I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Middleton of Caldhame
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Middleton 1st Earl Middleton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Helen Middleton Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne
Great x 3 Grandmother: Grizel Durham Countess Middleton
Grandfather: Thomas Lyon 8th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 8 x Great Grandson of King James I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Stanhope 1st Earl Chesterfield 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Stanhope 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Hastings Countess Chesterfield 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Chesterfield 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Wotton 2nd Baron Wotton 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Wotton Countess Chesterfield
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stanhope Countess Strathmore and Kinghorne 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Butler Viscount Thurles 
10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Poyntz 
8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Butler Countess Chesterfield 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Preston 1st Earl Desmond 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Butler 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
father: John Lyon 9th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 9 x Great Grandson of King James I of Scotland
Grandmother: Jean Nicholson
Thomas Lyon Bowes 11th Earl Strathmore and Kinghorne 
10 x Great Grandson of King James I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Bowes
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Bowes
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Bowes
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Bowes of Streatlam
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Maxton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Maxton
Grandfather: George Bowes
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Blakiston 3rd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Blakiston
mother: Mary Bowes Countess Strathmore
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Gilbert
Grandmother: Mary Gilbert