John Lyons (Antiguan politician)
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John Lyons (20 October 1760 – 6 February 1816) was an Antiguan naval captain[1] and politician.
[edit] Life
Lyons was born on the island of Antigua. His father, John Lyons (1731-1775), was an eminent figure on Antigua, being a member of council from 1764-1775. His mother, Jane Harman (1733-1792), was the daughter of Colonel Samuel Harman, who was elected a Member of Assembly for Nonsuch in 1727 and later a Member of Council and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Lyons was himself a member of council for the island in 1782.
John Lyons died February 6, 1816 in England. A memorial inscription to him exists at Boldre, near Lymington, Hampshire.
[edit] Family
Lyons married Catherine Walrond in 1784, daughter of Maine Swete Walrond, 5th Marquis de Vallado. Following Catherine's premature death in 1803, John married Elizabeth Robbins (26 November 1767 - 18 October 1820), daughter of William Robbins of Salisbury, Wiltshire, on March 17, 1804.
The following are those children by John's first marriage to Catherine Walrond:
- Jane Lyons, (1785-1803)
- Eliza Lyons, (1786-1786)
- John Lyons, (1787-1872), Admiral, Mid-shipman onboard Victory at Trafalgar. Married 1810, Caroline Bowen and 2ndly, Anna Maria Fergusson
- Theodore Lyons, (1788-1825), d. East Indies
- Henry Lyons, (1789-1807), killed in action at Copenhagen
- Edmund Lyons, (1790-1858), Admiral, created Lord Lyons (1856)
- Anne Lyons, (1792-1816)
- Catherine Lyons, (1794-1857), Artist
- William Lyons, (1795-1795)
- George Rose Lyons, (1796-1828), H.E.I.C.S.
- William Mills Lyons, (1797-1881), married Mary Ann Adams
- Maine Walrond Lyons, (1798-1827), Lieut., R.N., killed at Battle of Navarino
- Caroline Lyons, (1800-1879), married 1820, Henry Shepherd Pearson (d.1840)
- Humphrey Lyons, (1802-1873), Lieutenant-General, Indian (Bombay) Army
- Charles Bethel Lyons, (1803-1864), married 1826, Mrs. Susannah Elizabeth Sockett (d.1847), and 2ndly 1848 Henrietta Moore (d.1880)
The following are those children born by the union between John and his second wife Elizabeth:
- Samuel Athill Lyons, (1805-1881), Lt-Col., Indian (Bengal) Army. Married 1827, Sophia Logie (d.1840) and 2ndly in 1842, Mary Wall (d.1893)
- Frances Walrond Lyons, (1806-1884)
- Edward Robbins Lyons, (1807-1849), Captain, Indian Army.
