LYON, John 8th Lord Glamis, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland ^{1 2}

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John married Elizabeth ABERNETHY, daughter of William ABERNETHY 5th Lord Saltoun of Abernethy and Elizabeth HAY, on 11 April 1561.¹ (Elizabeth ABERNETHY was born about 1540.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Elizabeth, married, first, to William Meldrum of Fyvie; secondly, before 25 July 1562, to John, Lord Glamis.8 She died before May 1581."

from Scots Peerage (vol 7)




"He (John Lyon) married, 11 April 1561, Elizabeth, daughter of William, fifth Lord Abernethy of Saltoun, widow of William Meldrum of Fyvie. By his testament, dated at Glamis 2 October 1571, his wife was appointed tutrix to his three daughters, with the Regent Morton as oversman. By her he had issue"

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) ^{1 3}