Virtual Portrait Gallery
The site where Glamis Castle sits proudly today has remained in the Lyon family as the ancestral seat for the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne and their predecessors for 650 years since Sir John Lyon was granted the Thanage of Glamis by King Robert II in 1372.
From the 1400s onwards, the castle we know today has been built and has been witness to many key historic moments including a visit from Mary, Queen of Scots and seen the 5th Earl go to war to fight the Jacobite rebellion in 1715.
Patrick, 9th Lord Glamis & 1st Earl of Kinghorne
A favourite of King James VI and I, Patrick accompanied the king to England when he ascended the English…
Read MorePatrick, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Patrick, 3rd Earl of Kinghorne obtained a new royal charter from King Charles II in 1677 by which…
Read MoreLady Helen Middleton
Lady Helen was the wife of Patrick, the 3rd Earl and daughter of the 1st Earl of…
Read MoreJohn, 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
A loyal Jacobite, John 5th Earl raised and trained a battalion in Glamis and the surrounding…
Read MoreJohn, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
John was the eldest son of Thomas, the 8th Earl and the nephew of the 5th,…
Read MoreMary Eleanor Bowes
Mary Eleanor, a poet, botanist and wealthy heiress, was the wife of the 9th Earl. When he died in…
Read MoreMildred Bowes Lyon
Born in 1868, Lady Mildred Marion Bowes Lyon was the eighth of eleven children of the 13th Earl and…
Read MorePatrick Bowes Lyon
As well as music being celebrated, sport was central to the 13th Earl of Strathmore’s family and…
Read MoreClaude, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Brother of the 12th Earl and son of the 11th Earl, Claude married Frances Dora Smith and…
Read MoreClaude George, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
The 14th Earl married Nina Cecelia Cavendish Bentinck. They were the parents of Queen Elizabeth The…
Read MoreFergus Bowes Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Fergus inherited the title in 1972 following the death of his cousin, Timothy, 16th Earl. The…
Read MoreMichael, 18th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Educated at Eton and the University of Aberdeen, Michael Bowes Lyon served as a Captain in the Scots Guards…
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