A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lyster, William Durham
LYSTER. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
William Durham Lyster passed his examination 4 May, 1836; and after having been for some time employed on the Mediterranean and East India stations, as Mate, in the Geyser steam-vessel, Capt. Edw. John Carpenter, Rodney 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, and Iris 26, Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy, was promoted, 13 Dec. 1845, to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed Additional of the Agincourt 72, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane. He continued attached to the latter ship until her return home from the East Indies in 1847.