George Francis Lyon

(1795-1832)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795-1832 NRA: Lyon George Francis (1795-1832) Captain RN Traveller DNB: Lyon, George Francis [alias Said-ben-Abdallah] (1795-1832), naval officer and explorer LBT ID: GeLyon1832 VIAF ID: 29647788 LOC ID: n88668699	B/BAP: 1795 DIED: 1832-10-08
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English explorer educated at Charles Burney's naval academy, Gosport; he engaged on Joseph Ritchie's failed expedition in 1819 in North Africa and Parry's second arctic expedition in 1823.
REFERENCES TO George Francis Lyon: John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 7 March 1818 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ n1 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXIV. Found 1: ¶ 44 Chap. XXX. Found 1: ¶ 43 Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Chapter VI: 1818 Found 1: ¶ n1