Algernon Lyons


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
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1847–1903
RankAdmiral of the Fleet
Commands
Battles/warsCrimean War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Relations

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.