Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne is a title in the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The earl is also Chief of Clan Lyon.
| Earldom of Strathmore and Kinghorne | |
|---|---|
| Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Argent a Lion rampant Azure armed and langued Gules within a Double Tressure flory counterflory of the second (for Lyon); 3rd and 4th, Ermine three Bows strings palewise proper (for Bowes); as a Royal Augmentation, granted to the holder of the Earldom only, an Inescutcheon en surtout Azure thereon a Rose Argent barbed Vert seeded Or ensigned with an Imperial Crown proper within a Double Tressure flory counterflory of the second, the said Inescutcheon ensigned with an Earl's Coronet proper. | |
| Creation date | 1606 (Scottish title) 1937 (British title) |
| Peerage | Peerage of Scotland (1606) Peerage of the United Kingdom (1937) |
| First holder | Patrick Lyon, 1st Earl of Kinghorne |
| Present holder | Simon Bowes-Lyon, 19th and 6th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne |
| Heir presumptive | The Hon. John Fergus Bowes-Lyon |
| Subsidiary titles | Viscount Lyon Lord Lyon and Glamis Lord Glamis Lord Glamis, Tannadyce, Sidlaw and Strathdichtie Baron Bowes |
| Seat(s) | Glamis Castle |
| Former seat(s) | Gibside Streatlam Castle St Paul's Walden Bury |
| Motto | In Te Domine Speravi ("In Thee, O Lord, have I put my trust") |
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