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The Lyons family (originally styled de Lyons, also spelled de Leonne, and also spelled Lyon) is an Anglo-Norman landed gentry family descended from Ingelram de Lyons The Elder, who arrived in England with the Norman Conquest of 1066 and fought at the Battle of Hastings. His son Nicholas de Lyons, who, with his son Sir John de Lyons, emigrated from Normandy to England in 1080, was granted lands at Warkworth, Northamptonshire, by William.
The Norman family surname was 'de Lyons' ('of [the Castle and Forest of] Lyons'): but the 'de' was eventually omitted from the surname of the emigrant family. Subsequently (as a consequence of the lack, before the 18th century, of standardised spelling for the French pronunciation of the surname) some English branches removed the 's' from the end of the surname, producing 'Lyon'. For example, the 16th century Lord Mayor of London Sir John Lyon used the spelling 'Lyon', despite that his father, Thomas Lyons [sic] of Perivale, used the spelling 'Lyons'.
The English line of the Norman Warkworth family had ceased to reside at Warkworth by the 16th century, after which they resided predominantly in Middlesex. Its descendants included Sir John Lyon or Lyons (1514 - 1564), who was Lord Mayor of London, and the yeoman landowner John Lyon (d. 1592), who was the founder of Harrow School, after whom The John Lyon School, and The John Lyon's Charity, and a Harrow School house, Lyon's, are named.
In 1622, a branch of the family settled in Ireland, where, as members of the Protestant Ascendancy, they established a seat at King's County that was named River Lyons, and a seat at County Westmeath that was named Ledestown/Ledistown Hall. This Irish branch of the family owned 563 acres of sugar plantations in Antigua and was famous within the Royal Navy during the 19th-century peak of Britain's imperial power: three of its members attained the rank of Admiral and five others were senior officers.
Its descendants include Vice-Admiral John Lyons, who fought on HMS Victory at Battle of Trafalgar; Admiral Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons, who led the Royal Navy to victory during the Crimean War; Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons, the British Ambassador to France and to the USA who resolved the Trent Affair; and Sir Algernon Lyons, Admiral of the Fleet.
The family derives its name from the district of the Forest of Lyons, north of the town of Lyons-la-Forêt in Haute Normandie, where their seat was the Castle of Lyons. During the first decades of the 12th century, Henry I of England built a new castle in the district, the Château de Lyons-la-Forêt, where he died in 1135.
The Norman family surname was 'de Lyons' ('of [the Castle and Forest of] Lyons'): but the 'de' was eventually omitted from the surname of the emigrant family. Subsequently (as a consequence of the lack, before the 18th century, of standardised spelling for the French pronunciation of the surname) some English branches removed the 's' from the end of the surname, producing 'Lyon'. For example, the 16th century Lord Mayor of London Sir John Lyon used the spelling 'Lyon', despite that his father, Thomas Lyons [sic] of Perivale, used the spelling 'Lyons'.
In 1066, Ingelram de Lyons The Elder arrived in England with the Norman Conquest to fight at the Battle of Hastings, after which he was granted lands in Corsham and Culington. He is listed as a companion of William the Conqueror in the Battle Abbey Roll. His son Nicholas de Lyons, who with his son Sir John de Lyons emigrated from Normandy to England in 1080, was granted lands at Warkworth, Northamptonshire, by William the Conqueror. Nicholas's grandson, who was also named John (b. 1100), travelled to the Holy Land.
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Lyons family
The Lyons family (originally styled de Lyons, also spelled de Leonne, and also spelled Lyon) is an Anglo-Norman landed gentry family descended from Ingelram de Lyons The Elder, who arrived in England with the Norman Conquest of 1066 and fought at the Battle of Hastings. His son Nicholas de Lyons, who, with his son Sir John de Lyons, emigrated from Normandy to England in 1080, was granted lands at Warkworth, Northamptonshire, by William.
The Norman family surname was 'de Lyons' ('of [the Castle and Forest of] Lyons'): but the 'de' was eventually omitted from the surname of the emigrant family. Subsequently (as a consequence of the lack, before the 18th century, of standardised spelling for the French pronunciation of the surname) some English branches removed the 's' from the end of the surname, producing 'Lyon'. For example, the 16th century Lord Mayor of London Sir John Lyon used the spelling 'Lyon', despite that his father, Thomas Lyons [sic] of Perivale, used the spelling 'Lyons'.
The English line of the Norman Warkworth family had ceased to reside at Warkworth by the 16th century, after which they resided predominantly in Middlesex. Its descendants included Sir John Lyon or Lyons (1514 - 1564), who was Lord Mayor of London, and the yeoman landowner John Lyon (d. 1592), who was the founder of Harrow School, after whom The John Lyon School, and The John Lyon's Charity, and a Harrow School house, Lyon's, are named.
In 1622, a branch of the family settled in Ireland, where, as members of the Protestant Ascendancy, they established a seat at King's County that was named River Lyons, and a seat at County Westmeath that was named Ledestown/Ledistown Hall. This Irish branch of the family owned 563 acres of sugar plantations in Antigua and was famous within the Royal Navy during the 19th-century peak of Britain's imperial power: three of its members attained the rank of Admiral and five others were senior officers.
Its descendants include Vice-Admiral John Lyons, who fought on HMS Victory at Battle of Trafalgar; Admiral Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons, who led the Royal Navy to victory during the Crimean War; Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons, the British Ambassador to France and to the USA who resolved the Trent Affair; and Sir Algernon Lyons, Admiral of the Fleet.
The family derives its name from the district of the Forest of Lyons, north of the town of Lyons-la-Forêt in Haute Normandie, where their seat was the Castle of Lyons. During the first decades of the 12th century, Henry I of England built a new castle in the district, the Château de Lyons-la-Forêt, where he died in 1135.
The Norman family surname was 'de Lyons' ('of [the Castle and Forest of] Lyons'): but the 'de' was eventually omitted from the surname of the emigrant family. Subsequently (as a consequence of the lack, before the 18th century, of standardised spelling for the French pronunciation of the surname) some English branches removed the 's' from the end of the surname, producing 'Lyon'. For example, the 16th century Lord Mayor of London Sir John Lyon used the spelling 'Lyon', despite that his father, Thomas Lyons [sic] of Perivale, used the spelling 'Lyons'.
In 1066, Ingelram de Lyons The Elder arrived in England with the Norman Conquest to fight at the Battle of Hastings, after which he was granted lands in Corsham and Culington. He is listed as a companion of William the Conqueror in the Battle Abbey Roll. His son Nicholas de Lyons, who with his son Sir John de Lyons emigrated from Normandy to England in 1080, was granted lands at Warkworth, Northamptonshire, by William the Conqueror. Nicholas's grandson, who was also named John (b. 1100), travelled to the Holy Land.