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Admiral of the Fleet

Sir Algernon Lyons
Sir Algernon McLennan Lyons
Born(1833-08-30)30 August 1833
Satara, India
Died9 February 1908(1908-02-09) (aged 74)
Kilvrough Manor, Glamorgan
AllegianceAlgernon Lyons United Kingdom
Service/branchAlgernon Lyons Royal Navy
Years of service1847–1903
RankAdmiral of the Fleet
Commands held
  • Pacific Station
  • North America and West Indies Station
  • Plymouth Command
  • The Royal Navy, as Admiral of the Fleet.
Battles/warsCrimean War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Relations
  • Lieutenant-General Humphrey Lyons CB (father)
  • Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons (uncle)
  • John Lyons of Antigua (grandfather)
  • Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons (cousin)
  • Richard Lyons Pearson, Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (cousin)

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Algernon McLennan Lyons GCB ADC DL JP (30 August 1833 – 9 February 1908) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria.

Lyons also served as Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station, Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station, and then Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.

He was the nephew of Admiral Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons, who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet, under whom he served for a time, and the cousin of Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons, and Richard Lyons Pearson, Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.

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