Lyons of Glamis, Earls Of Strathmore

Abt 1272 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Lyons of Glamis  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Earls Of Strathmore
  Birth	Abt 1272  [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I1900	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Sir Laumon,   b. 1215, Cowal, Argyllshire, Scotland d. Aft 1292, Cowal, Argyllshire, Scotland (Age > 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jean De Lyon,   b. Aft 1215
  Relationship	natural
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  [lamont 2.GED] Tradition, supported by a genealogical work of 1682 found in Inveraray Castle, maintains that a son of Sir Laumon, had to flee Cowal as a result of a murder; and founded the Lyons of Glamis. He took the name of Lyon from the Lamont arms, and chose as his arms, the reverse of the Lamonts, a blue lion on a silver field. Queen Elisabeth's Lamont ancestry as the Queen Mother (of England, Scotland and Wales), Queen Elizabeth, is a Lyon of Glamis. If this tradition is correct, the current Queen Elizabeth II (of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland) is a Lamont on her mothers side. Published by The Scotsman, Friday 27th September 1935. The Duchess of York. Her Celtic Ancestry(From A Correspondent) It is generally not known that the Duchess of York, who is to present the prizes at the Mod Concert in Edinburgh to-night, is descended from one of the oldest Argyllshire clans, the Clan Lamont. The earliest known ancestor of the family of the Lyons of Glamis, now the Earls of Strathmore, is John of the White Lyon, and he was of the house of Lamont, from whom he took the armorial bearing he subsequently assumed as his surname. Whether the descent is in the male or female line is not quite clear, but the tradition of both Campbells and Lamonts supports the former. Thus in the margin of a genealogical book at Innveraray Castle, dated 1682, appears the following note, in the hand of the Argyll who was executed in 1685.

  
  

• Sources

  [S931] lamont 2.GED. Date of Import: Jul 6, 2005 [S931] lamont 2.GED. Date of Import: Jul 9, 2005 [S932] DNA Genealogy Projects, Lamont Family DNA Study (http://www.lamont-young.com/).