See also
| Husband: | Humphrey Lyons (1802-1873) | |
| Wife: | Elizabeth Bennett (1798-1859) | |
| Marriage | 1824 | |
| Name: | Humphrey Lyons | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 8 Jul 1802 | Hampshire |
| Death | 25 May 1873 (age 70) | Widmore, Bromley, Kent |
| Name: | Elizabeth Bennett | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Henry Ley Bennett (1775-1823) | |
| Mother: | Martha Ratcliffe (1772-1835) | |
| Birth | 29 Oct 1798 | Liverpool, Lancashire |
| Baptism | 30 Dec 1798 (age 0) | St Stephen, Liverpool, Lancashire |
| Death | 17 Mar 1859 (age 60) | Bombay, India |
Humphrey Lyons was born at St Austins in Hampshire on 8 July 1802. He was the ninth of twelve sons of John Lyons of Antigua and St Austin's (1760-1816), and Catherine (1763-1803) (née Walrond), daughter of Maine Swete Walrond, 5th Marquis de Vallado. Humphrey's Brothers included Admiral John Lyons (1787 - 1872) and Admiral Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons.
Lyons went to India where he entered the 23rd Bombay Native Infantry on 25 May 1817. He was promoted to lieutenant-general on 20 May 1871. He died on 25 May 1873.
He married twice. In 1829, he married Elizabeth Bennett (1798 - 1859), by whom he had the following children:
• Augusta Catherine Lyons, (1827 - 1828)
• Edmund Willoughby Lyons (1830-1889). Edmund was a Colonel in the Indian Army. He married twice and had issue.
• Sir Algernon McLennan Lyons (1833 - 1908). Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy).
• George Maughan Lyons, (1835 - 1878), Major in the Indian Army.
• Henry Maine Lyons, (1837-1838)
• Charlotte Salter Lyons, (1859 - 1887). She married, in 1859, Colonel Alexander Learmouth, by whom she had issue.
• Minna Louisa Lyons, (1841-1926). She married, in 1858, Jameson Alers-Hankey, by whom she had issue.
Humphrey Lyons married secondly, on 7 July 1860, the Hon. Adelaide Matilda Yelverton (1821-1884), daughter of the 3rd Viscount Avonmore. They had no issue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_Lyons (retrieved 31.08.2018)
LYONS Humphrey, 25 July 1873. Administration (with the Will) of the effects of Humphrey Lyons formerly of the Shelbourne Hotel Stephens Green Dublin in Ireland but late of Widmore Bromley in the County of Kent a Lieutenant General in Her Majesty's Army who died 25 May 1873 at Widmore was granted at the Principal Registry to Adelaide Matilda Lyons of Dovedale near Blockley in the County of Worcester Widow the Relict the Universal Legatee. Effects under £200.