Sir

Daniel Lysons
Gen. Sir Daniel Lysons
Born1 August 1816
Died29 January 1898 (1898-01-30) (aged 81)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankGeneral
Commands held2nd Brigade of the Light Division
Aldershot Division
Northern District
Battles/warsCrimean War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

General Sir Daniel Lysons GCB (1 August 1816 – 29 January 1898) was a British Army general who achieved high office in the 1870s.

Military career

The son of Daniel Lysons the topographer, he was educated at Shrewsbury School. He was commissioned into the 1st Regiment of Foot in 1834.[1] He was shipwrecked on The Premier in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in 1840 and sought help to rescue many of his comrades.[2] He transferred to the 23rd (Welsh) Fusiliers in 1844.[1]

Lysons fought at the Battle of Alma in September 1854 and took command of the 2nd Brigade of the Light Division in October 1855 during the Crimean War.[1]

In 1869 Lysons became General Officer Commanding for Aldershot District and in 1872 he became GOC for Northern District.[1] In 1876 he was made Quartermaster-General to the Forces.[1] Then from 1880 to 1883 he commanded the Aldershot Division.[1] He retired in 1883.[1]

Lysons was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 10th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps (later 1st Volunteer Battalion, Royal Fusiliers) on 26 June 1880.[3]

He was appointed to the prestigious position of Constable of the Tower in 1890.[1]

Family

In 1856 he married Harriet Sophia Bridges and together they went on to have four daughters.[1] In 1865 he married Anna Sophia Biscoe Tritton.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Stearn, Roger T. "Lysons, Sir Daniel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17297. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ The Royal Scots: Shipwreck
  3. ^ Army List.

Sources

Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lloyd, Ernest Marsh (1901). "Lysons, Daniel (1816-1898)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Military offices Preceded byGeorge Carey GOC Northern District 1872–1874 Succeeded bySir Henry de Bathe Preceded bySir Charles Ellice Quartermaster-General to the Forces 1876–1880 Succeeded bySir Garnet Wolseley Preceded bySir Thomas Steele GOC-in-C Aldershot Command 1880–1883 Succeeded bySir Archibald Alison Honorary titles Preceded byLord Napier Constable of the Tower of London 1890–1898 Succeeded bySir Frederick Stephenson
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