Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, 1st Earl Lyons, was the leading British diplomat during the four great crises of the second half of the 19th century: Italian unification, the American Civil War, the E
Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, then 1st Viscount Lyons
Lyons explored the Mediterranean on his father's ship, HMS Blonde
Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons caricature in Vanity Fair (April 6, 1878). Lyons's diplomatic influence is demonstrated by the subtitle used instead of his name: 'Diplomacy'.
Lyons, photographed by Mathew Brady
Admiral Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons was a British Admiral of the Royal Navy, and diplomat, who ensured Britain's victory in the Crimean War, during which he was Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterrane
Richard Lyons, 1st Earl Lyons
…Monson, 1st Baronet; and Sir Nicholas O'Conor. Lyons was born in Boldre, Lymington, Hampshire, on 26 April 1817. His father was the diplomat and admiral Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons and his mother was Augusta Louisa Rogers. His siblings were: Anne Theresa Bickerton Lyons (1815 – 1894), who became Baroness von Würtzburg; and Captain…
Edmund Lyons
Portrait of Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons