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From Scots Peerage

Mr. Patrick Lyon, received the lands of Aucbterhouse for
his patrimony! M.P. for Angus from 22 September
1702 to the Union." He voted uniformly against the
Treaty of Union with England.' His name occurs in
the list of persons (or whose arrest warrants were
issued on the occasion of the Jacobite scare of 1708,
and he was present on the Braes of Mar, 9 September
1715, when the standard of King James VIII. was
raised. He, with the Earl of Aboyne, brought in
the men of Aboyne, who were brigaded with the
Panmure contingent and designated the Panmure
Highlanders,' Auchterhouse being Lieutenant,Colonel.'
He was killed at the battle of Sheriff'muir, fought 13
November 1715.' 'A man of very great honour.'"
He married Margaret Carnegie, sister of that James
Carnegie 01 Phinhaven who accidentally killed
Oharles, Earl of Strathmore. She died s.p. al. Finhaven
14 April 1742.

***NOTE: she did have heirs in the notorious Spalding Clan which is well proven in "Notes and Traditions" a history of the Spalding family. Likewise, while the Lyon Family History say they had no heirs as well; the Spalding heirs are later revealed in the same publication! See that note.

Kevin Carman
Professional Genealogist

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The Lyons of Glamis

***NOTE: Patrick of Auchterhouse was a younger son and did not inherit title from his father Patrick 3rd Earl - John became the 4th Earl and he almost died without issue leaving Patrick's grandson Capt. Daniel Spalding 7th Laird of Ashintully as next in line to Strathmore & Kinghorne. Daniel was called "the fatuous bastard" by the Perthshire armigers and while little is mentioned in historical narratives I have seen thus far; his potential rise to the rank of Earl had them all mortified.

From: The Lyons of Glamis p: 47
Patrick, of Auchterhouse, was a soldier, politician, and an ardent Jacobite. In 1682 he was a captain in the Scots Foot Guards, and, at the Revolution (1689), he and other surviving officers under the command of David Graham, 2nd Viscount Dundee, followed James VII and II into exile. According to the terms made, the surviving officers were restricted to France, but still held their commissions. After a while, their pay was withdrawn and they pooled their resources until they were on the verge of starvation. They then obtained exiled king's permission to form a private company of soldiers in the service of Louis XIV of France. Patrick was one of three sergeants in this company of officers, which fought in France, Italy and Germany, and was last reported as being on the Rhine in 1697. The next report of him was as a witness to a baptism in Glamis in 1699. He was a commissioner to parliament for Forfarshire from 1703 to 1707, and, like his elder brother, strongly opposed the Act of Union (1707). He protested against the Wine Act (1703), and went as far as proposing a walk out from parliament on the union issue. With his elder brother and other Jacobites, he signed a memorial to the King of France asking for help with an insurrection in 1708. At that time he was on very close terms with George Lockhart of Carnwath, who was an author and a prominent Jacobite. Patrick's name appeared on the wanted list during the Jacobite scare of 1708, and he was taken prisoner to London for a short time.
Patrick was present at Braemar (1715), when John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar, proclaimed the 'Old Pretender' - Prince James Francis Stewart, 'James VIII.' In the subsequent Fifteen Rebellion (1715), Patrick, having had previous military experience, was a lieutenant-colonel of the Panmure Highlanders, and it was reported that 'a man of very great honour was killed in the retreat' at the battle of Sheriffmuir (1715). He was born around 1665, and educated under the special care of John Balvaird, minister of Glamis and chaplain to his father, who went with his young pupil to Aberdeen University in 1684. He travelled to France in 1686. He was made an honorary burgess of Aberdeen in 1683, and appointed a commissioner of supply in 1704. He married around 1702 Margaret Carnegie, the eldest daughter of David Carnegie, 2nd earl of Northesk, and his wife Jean Maule, the eldest daughter of Patrick Maule, 1st earl of Panmure. Margaret was the sister of the James Carnegie of Finavon, who accidentally killed Patrick's nephew Charles Lyon, 6th earl of Strathmore. Patrick received as his patrimony in 1695 the lands and barony of Auchterhouse, which had been described ten years earlier as 'a fyne house, good yards, and excellent parks and meadows, with a dovecote.' The house, which is one of the best examples of the old baronial style in the area, has a carved stone with the initials 'P. L.' and 'M. C.' and the date 1702 set into the wall. The lands and property of Auchterhouse were forfeited after the rebellion. Margaret died in Finavon in 1742.

As mentioned before - this narrative indicates Patrick and Margaret died without issue and then later mentioned the Spalding's citing "Notes & Traditions" but ignores the living heirs in Scotland as well as those in Georgia and Virginia.

Kevin Carman
Professional Genealogist

Records not imported into INDI (individual) Gramps ID ind4288517112:

Line ignored as not understood Line 3532239: 3 DATA
Skipped subordinate line Line 3532240: 4 TEXT "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1QX-45Y : 11 February 2020), Patrik Lyon, 1669.