Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons
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Edmund Lyons
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| Born |
21 November 1790 Burton, Dorset, England |
| Died | 23 November 1858 (aged 68) Arundel Castle, England |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | 1803–1858 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMS Rinaldo HMS Blonde HMS Madagascar Mediterranean Fleet |
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| Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order |
Admiral Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons GCB, GCMG, KCH (21 November 1790 – 23 November 1858) was a British naval commander and diplomat who led a distinguished career in the Royal Navy, culminating with the Crimean War and his appointment as Commander of the Black Sea Fleet. He also held various diplomatic posts, including ambassadorial positions in Sweden, Switzerland and to the newly established court of King Otto of Greece.
Edmund Lyons was born at Whitehayes House, Burton, near Christchurch, 21 November 1790. He was the fourth son of John Lyons of Antigua and St. Austin's, Hants, and Catherine (née Walrond), daughter of Maine Swete Walrond, 5th Marquis de Vallado.
He joined the Royal Navy in 1803 and in 1810 was in the 18-gun sloop HMS Barracouta at the capture of Banda Neira in New Guinea from the Dutch. The following year he led a launch's crew in the storming of Fort Marrack west of Batavia. In 1814 he commanded the sloop HMS Rinaldo in the fleet that escorted the French King Louis XVIII from England to France. After the peace following the Napoleonic Wars Lyons was, like many other officers, unable to find employment, until in 1828 he was appointed to command the 46-gun frigate HMS Blonde, in which he attacked a Turkish force in Morea Castle near Patras. In 1829 he cruised in the Black Sea, and in 1831 was appointed to command of the frigate HMS Madagascar, whose previous captain, Sir Robert Spencer, had died at Alexandria. Lyons brought the Madagascar home to England but sailed again in her for the Mediterranean in February 1832, and in August transported the newly chosen King Otto of Greece from Brindisi to Nauplia.
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