John Lyon, 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (bapt. 27 April 1690 – 13 November 1715) was a Scottish peer and nobleman. He was the son of John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. He died fighting with the Jacobites at the Battle of Sheriffmuir on 13 November 1715.. Along side his uncle Patrick Lyon of Auchterhouse
Patrick Lyon was a fervent recruiter to the cause and was a key figure in the trail of James Carnegie of Finhaven in 1716 at Carlisle for High Treason. His threatening letter to Carnegie was a key document in his defence that Lyon has coerced and threatened him and his estate.
