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Patrick Lyon (1769, Edinburgh, Scotland – April 15, 1829, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a Scottish-born American blacksmith, mechanic and inventor. After being falsely accused and imprisoned for a 1798 bank robbery, he became a working class hero. [1]
His descendant Patrick Lyon, 1st Lord Glamis was created the first Lord Glamis in the Peerage of Scotland in 1445. In 1606, the earldom was first created as Earl of Kinghorne in the Peerage of Scotland for Patrick Lyon, the ninth Lord Glamis, who was also created Lord Lyon and Glamis at the same time.
Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (29 May 1643 – 15 May 1695) was a Scottish peer and nobleman. He was the son of John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Kinghorne and his wife Lady Elizabeth Maule, daughter of Patrick Maule, 1st Earl of Panmure and Frances Stanhope.
Patrick Lyon was a Scottish-born Philadelphia blacksmith. In 1798, he was arrested and wrongfully imprisoned for robbing the Bank of Pennsylvania. In response, he filed and won one of the first malicious prosecution suits in the history of the United States.
This is the story of Patrick Lyon, who was falsely accused, wrongly-imprisoned and eventually vindicated. Lyon grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland, and started his mechanical studies at the age of...
Learn about the history and significance of John Neagle's painting of Patrick Lyon, a Philadelphia blacksmith who was wrongfully imprisoned for a bank robbery. Explore the artistic style, social context and cultural impact of this pioneering portrait of a laborer at work.
Brigitte Weinsteiger Penn State University Center for Medieval Studies. John Neagle’s Pat Lyon at the Forge; 1826-1827; Oil on canvas; 93” x 68” Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Herman and Zoe Oliver Sherman Fund. Introduction. The portrait of Pat Lyon by the artist, John Neagle, revolutionized the realm of American portraiture.
