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
Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton,, was a British statesman, Conservative politician and poet who used the pseudonym Owen Meredith. During his tenure as Viceroy of India between 1
Richard Lyons, 1st Earl Lyons
…the latter. Lyons agreed with Salisbury that he was to remain Ambassador to France until October 1887, when he was succeeded as Ambassador to France by Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, who had been his Secretary. In 1886, Lyons's sister, Augusta Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, died. Lyons had devoted the first two weeks of his…
Photograph by Nadar, c. 1890s
Harrow School
The Delhi Durbar of 1877 at Coronation Park. The Viceroy of India, Lord Lytton is seated on the dais to the left
The Right Honourable The Lord Lytton