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LYON. (Lieutenant, 1846.)

Henry Thomas Lyon, born 28 Oct. 1825, is second son of Thomas Lyon, Esq., of Appleton Hall, co. Chester, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for cos. Lancaster and Chester, by Eliza, youngest daughter of Geo. Clayton,^[1] Esq., of Lostock Hall, Lancashire. One of his uncles, John Lyon, also in the R.N., died in 1821, at the Cape of Good Hope, aged 24.

This officer passed his examination 9 June, 1845; was appointed Mate, 19 Feb. 1846, of the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads; attained his present rank 29 June, 1846; and, since 6 of the following Aug., has been serving on board the Columbine 16, Capts. Jas. Rich. Booth and Chas. Conrad Grey, now on the East India station.

↑ By Dorothea, sister of Admiral the first Lord Gardner, and widow of Robert Barrie, Esq., by whom she was mother of Rear-Admiral the late Sir Robert Barrie, K.C.B., K.C.H.

[1] By Dorothea, sister of Admiral the first Lord Gardner, and widow of Robert Barrie, Esq., by whom she was mother of Rear-Admiral the late Sir Robert Barrie, K.C.B., K.C.H.

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