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词条 Humphrey Lyons
释义

  1. Military career

  2. Family

  3. See also

  4. References

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Lieutenant-General Humphrey Lyons {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|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{{postnominals|counGCB|ADC(P)|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, (1859 - 1887). 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

  • Lyons family

References

1. ^{{cite book|title=History of the Island of Antigua, Vol. 2|author=Langford Vere, Oliver|publisher=Mitchell and Hughes, London, 1894|page=214-217}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://thepeerage.com/p23767.htm#i237670|title=John Lyons|publisher=The Peerage|accessdate=28 June 2015}}
3. ^1830 East India Register & Directory
4. ^{{London Gazette|issue=23779|page=4066|date=26 September 1871}}
5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=23991|page=2975|date=24 June 1873}}
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