Lyons family
| House of Lyons (de Lyons, Lyon) |
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| Norman noble house of Haute Normandie | |
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| Founded | 1066 (in Britain) |
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| Ethnicity | Norman |
The Lyons family (originally styled de Lyons, also spelled Lyon) is an eminent noble Anglo-Norman family descended from Ingelram de Lyons, Lord of Lyons, who arrived in England with the Norman Conquest, and from his relation, Nicholas de Lyons, who emigrated from Normandy to England in 1080 and was granted lands at Warkworth, Northamptonshire by William of Normandy.
The family originated in the district of the Forest of Lyons, north of the town of Lyons-la-Forêt in Haute Normandie, where the family seat was the Castle of Lyons. The original surname was ‘de Lyons’ (‘of [the Forest and Castle] of Lyons’): subsequently, the ‘de’ was removed from the name, and some branches removed the ‘s’ from the end of the word, producing ‘Lyon’.
During the 14th century, a branch of the family emigrated to Scotland, where they became Clan Lyon, the Lords of Glamis, and the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
During the 15th century, a branch of the family emigrated to Ireland, where they established a seat at King's County that became known as River Lyons. They repeatedly served as High Sheriff of King’s County. This branch of the family owned extensive plantations in Antigua and later removed from Ireland to England. Their descendants include Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons, Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons, the diplomat who solved the Trent Affair, Sir Algernon McLennan Lyons, Admiral of the Fleet, and Richard Lyons Pearson, Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.
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