Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Lyons, Admiral Sir Edmund, Bart.

2736834Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 — Lyons, Admiral Sir Edmund, Bart.Joseph Foster


Lyons, Admiral Sir Edmund, Bart., g.c.b. created D.C.L. 4 June, 1856 (son of John Lyons, of Antigua), minister plenipotentiary at Athens, knighted 25 Jan., 1835, vice-admiral of the White, created a baronet 29 July, 1840, and for his services in the Crimea was created Baron Lyons 23 June, 1856, G.C.M.G., G.C.H., died 23 Nov., 1858. See Foster's Peerage & Gent.'s Mag.