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Humphrey Lyons
Born8 July 1802
Died25 May 1873
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Indian Army
RankLieutenant-General
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant-General Humphrey Lyons CB (8 July 1802 - 25 May 1873) was an Indian Army officer.

Military career

Humphrey Lyons was born at St Austins in the English county of Hampshire on 8 July 1802. He was the ninth of twelve sons of John Lyons of Antigua and St Austin's (1760-1816), and Catherine (1763-1803) (née Walrond), daughter of Maine Swete Walrond, 5th Marquis de Vallado. Humphrey's brothers included Admiral John Lyons (1787 - 1872) and Admiral Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons.[1][2]

Lyons went out to India where he entered the 23rd Bombay Native Infantry on 25 May 1817.[3] He was promoted to lieutenant-general on 20 May 1871.[4] He died on 25 May 1873.[5]

Family

Lyons married twice. In 1829, he married Elizabeth Bennett (1798 - 1859), by whom he had the following children:[1]

  • Augusta Catherine Lyons, (1827 - 1828)
  • Edmund Willoughby Lyons (1830-1889). Edmund was a Colonel in the Indian Army. He married twice and had issue.
  • Sir Algernon McLennan Lyons ADC DL JP (1833 - 1908). Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy).
  • George Maughan Lyons, (1835 - 1878), Major in the Indian Army.
  • Henry Maine Lyons, (1837-1838)
  • Charlotte Salter Lyons, (1839- ?). She married, in 1859, Colonel Alexander Learmonth, by whom she had issue.
  • Minna Louisa Lyons, (1841-1926). She married, in 1858, Jameson Alers-Hankey, by whom she had issue.

Humphrey Lyons married, secondly, on 7 July 1860, the Hon. Adelaide Matilda Yelverton (1821-1884), the daughter of the 3rd Viscount Avonmore. Humphrey and Adelaide had no issue.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Langford Vere, Oliver. History of the Island of Antigua, Vol. 2. Mitchell and Hughes, London, 1894. p. 214-217.
  2. ^ "John Lyons". The Peerage. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  3. ^ 1830 East India Register & Directory
  4. ^ "No. 23779". The London Gazette. 26 September 1871. p. 4066.
  5. ^ "No. 23991". The London Gazette. 24 June 1873. p. 2975.
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