Patrick Lyon, 1st Earl of Kinghorne

His father was killed in 1578 by a gunshot wound to the head during a fight in the streets of Stirling with the followers of David Lindsay, 11th Earl of Crawford.

Crawford was a good shot and Glamis presented an easy target as he was so tall, according to the historian David Hume of Godscroft.

[6] In February 1603, he was asked to appear at Perth to resolve a feud with Sir Robert Crichton of Cluny following the murder of William Meldrum of Moncoffer[7] Patrick Lyon was made Earl of Kinghorne in 1606.

The king and queen had planned to come to the wedding banquet on 1 June, to be celebrated with "great triumph" at Stirling Castle.

The marriage was of political and factional significance in Scotland, controversially arranged by the Earl of Mar without the knowledge of the Master of Glamis.