Edmund Lyons collection

This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Edmund Lyons
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1835
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • Correspondence (1 leaf)

Scope and Content

The collection comprises of correspondence by Lyons to John Franklin

Administrative / Biographical History

Edmund Lyons was born in Burton, Hampshire in 1790. He first went to sea in 1798 By 1828 he was in command of Blonde in the Mediterranean during which time he received the French Order of St Louis and the Greek Knight Commander of the Order of the Redeemer. He served during the Crimea war as died at Arundel Castle in November 1858

Arrangement

The correspondence to Franklin is arranged chronologically

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Descriptions compiled by N. Boneham, Assistant Archivist with assistance from R. Stancombe and reference to Dictionary of National Biography

Other Finding Aids

Clive Holland Manuscripts in the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England - a catalogue, Garland Publishing New York and London (1982) ISBN 0824093941.

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