Everything about Charles Lyon 6th Earl Of Strathmore And Kinghorne totally explained
Charles Lyon, 6th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (c
1699 –
11 May 1728) was a
Scottish peer and the son of
John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore. His exact date of birth is unknown but he was baptised on
12 July 1699.
Although his brother the
third son and fifth Earl was to display the family’s royalist sympathies when he joined the
Jacobite cause, and was slain at the
battle of Sheriffmuir in
1715, Charles, the 6th Earl wasn't directly implicated in the rebellion and although both his family seats were visited by the
Old Pretender, (James III of England and VIII of Scotland) he wasn't disturbed in his rights.
On
25 July 1725 he married
Lady Susan Cochrane daughter of
John Cochrane, 4th Earl of Dundonald. Earl Charles was killed in an unfortunate brawl at Forfar by
Carnegie of Finhaven in May
1728 and left no heir.
The death of the Earl
March 9
1728 Mr Carnegie of Lour, residing in the burgh of
Forfar, was burying his daughter. Before the funeral, he entertained the Earl of Strathmore, his own brother James
Carnegie of Finhaven, Mr Lyon of Bridgeton, and some others, at dinner in his house. After the funeral, these gentlemen adjourned to a tavern, and drank a good deal. Carnegie of Finhaven got extremely drunk. Lyon of Bridgeton wasn't so intoxicated, but the drink made him "rude and unmannerly" towards Finhaven. Afterwards, the Earl of Strathmore went to call at the house of Mr Carnegie’s sister, Lady Auchterhouse, and the others followed. The presence of a lady (even a lady who was a widowed sister-in-law) failed to make Bridgeton conduct himself discreetly. He continued his "boisterous rudeness" towards Finhaven and even used some rudeness towards the lady herself.
About dusk, the party sallied forth into the street, and here Bridgeton pushed Carnegie of Finhaven into a "deep and dirty kennel" (ditch), which covered him nearly head to foot with "mire". Incensed by Bridgeton's action, Carnegie of Finhaven, rose and drawing his sword, ran up to Bridgeton, with "deadly design". The earl, seeing him advance, pushed Bridgeton aside and unhappily received the lunge full in the middle of his own body. The Earl died forty-nine hours after the incident.
Carnegie of Finhaven was tried for murder in a famous trial which established the "
not guilty" verdict (in addition to "proven" and "not proven") in Scots Law and the right of Scots juries to try the whole case and not just the facts known as
Jury Nullification.
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