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  Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons G.C.B. was born at Whitehayes House, Burton, near Christchurch, Hampshire on 21 November 1790.
He was the fourth son of John Lyons of Antigua and St. Austin's, Hants, and Catherine (née Walrond), daughter of the 5th Marquis de Vallado.
Edmund, Lord Lyons, died on 23 November 1858, his body interred in the vault beneath the Fitzalan Chapel at Arundel Castle.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edmund_Lyons   (352 words)

  
 Tampabay: Lyons Guilty
Lyons was escorted from the courtroom by a phalanx of family and friends, just as he was escorted from a Denver meeting hall in 1997 after routing those in the convention who had demanded his resignation as president after the scandal broke.
Lyons and Edwards were accused of using the convention's good name to swindle more than $4-million from corporations eager to market everything from funeral plots to life insurance to the NBC's supposed 8.5-million members.
Lyons was separately charged with two counts of grand theft for pocketing most of the $244,500 the Anti-Defamation League gave to him in 1996 to distribute to burned fl churches.
www.sptimes.com /News/22899/TampaBay/Lyons_Guilty.html   (1852 words)

  
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Lord Aberdeen indeed, and others in governmental circles, pleaded that the support of Texan independence was in reality perfectly in harmony with the best interests of the United States, since it would have tended toward the limitation of American slavery.
Lord John Russell at the Foreign Office and Lord Lyons, British Minister at Washington, were exchanging anxious letters, and the latter was sending home reports remarkable for their clear analysis of the American controversy.
Lyons' earlier disquietude seems, indeed, to have passed away for a time, and on February 26 he wrote that everyone was waiting to see what Lincoln would do when inaugurated, that there was still hope of compromise, and that in his own view this was still possible.
www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/1/3/7/8/13789/13789-8.txt   (17607 words)

  
 Letters from Headquarters
Lord Raglan rode all round the outposts again, and was very much annoyed to find that during last night the Zouaves had been into the village of Tagailii and robbed the inhabitants of everything.
Lord Raglan, being desirous of ascertaining if the enemy were in force beyond, ordered Lord Cardigan forward with the two regiments of light cavalry in advance, to drive the Cossacks off and endeavour to ascertain if any number were in support.
Lord Raglan replied that was impossible, but that he would be taken great care of, and every respect shown him and, as the accommodation in camp would not be first-rate, he should go immediately on board ship, and he would send him to the English Admiral, who would receive him with all hospitality.
www.victorianweb.org /history/crimea/calthorpe.html   (7130 words)

  
 The Court of the Lord Lyon, The Heraldry Society of Scotland - UK Heraldry
The Court of the Lord Lyon indeed reflects, not the curt severity of the Police Court or the Magisterial Bench, but rather the stately benevolence of distant days when our ancient Scottish laws were administered upon the "moot hill" of some old barony or thaneage.
The Court of the Lord Lyon is situated in H.M. New Register House, its records (part of the National Records of Scotland) being entrusted to the Lyon Clerk.
She joined the Court of the Lord Lyon in 1975 and was appointed Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records in 1986.
www.heraldry-scotland.co.uk /lyoncourt.html   (906 words)

  
 Dr Henry J. Lyons
Lyons, who had been pastor at the church for more than 25 years, is to be replaced by Joaquin Marvin, after the 200-49 vote.
Lyons resume was that of  a very prominent educated Evangelical with extensive ministry and educational background and many doctorate degrees.
Lyons had  been the focus of state and federal criminal investigations since the summer of 1997  when his wife set fire to a $700,000 waterfront house he owned on Tierra Verde with a former convention employee, a convicted embezzler and his alleged lover.
cnt10.tripod.com /lyons.htm   (3847 words)

  
 The Reality of the Lord's Supper
After first rebuking the Corinthians for using the occasion of the Lord’s Supper to create strife and discord, Paul reminds them of the tradition of the Lord’s Supper which the Lord himself had handed down to him and which he was passing on to them.
Among the earliest references to the Lord’s Supper is that in Ignatius’ of Antioch’s epistle to the Smyrnans.
I have come to an understanding of the Lord’s Supper as a mystery, that by grace Christ is especially present to us in the bread and wine, and that, in ways that cannot be explained, the bread and the wine became, in an act of grace, the body and blood of Christ.
mywebpage.netscape.com /CDHealy/LordsSupper.htm   (3769 words)

  
 AmericanHeritage.com / THE PEACEABLE AMBASSADORS
Lyons insisted that all letters should be answered at once and that the answers should be courteous and well-considered, however petulant the original letter might have been.
Lyons never became accustomed to the contrast between the friendliness with which he and his staff were always treated in Washington society, and the hatred of his country which politicians seemed to lind it necessary to profess in public.
As Lord Lyons read the account, of the Wilkes exploit in the New York Herald, and then a few weeks later in the London Times, he must have wondered whether all his efforts to keep the peace were now to be frustrated by the act of one irresponsible naval officer.
www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1957/3/1957_3_40.shtml   (5321 words)

  
 U. S. Serial Set : Index to Senate Executive Documents, 41st Congress, 1st Session and Index to Number 1395 [Senate ...
Lord Russell's acknowledgments thereof and assurances relative to the obstacles to the reception by the Phantom of an armament.
Lord Russell's announcement of the detention of the rams, and Mr.
Lord Russell, in note of the 16th, renews the allegation that men are being encouraged to emigrate with a view to entering the service of United States.
memory.loc.gov /ll/llss/1300/1395/llss1395.sgm   (14592 words)

  
 The American Civil War through British Eyes : James J. Barnes and Patience P. Barnes
Lord Lyons was the highest-ranked British diplomat in Washington, appointed to this post in December 1858 and serving until February 1865.
This period witnessed the election of Abraham Lincoln, the secession crisis, the formation of the Confederacy, and the first military confrontations of the war.
One of Lord Lyon’s tasks was to keep London informed of the shifting mood in America.
upress.kent.edu /books/Barnes.htm   (321 words)

  
 U. S. Serial Set : Index to Number 1394 Senate Executive Document No. 11, 41st Congress, 1st Session : a machine ...
Lord Russell assures him that there was not the slightest disposition in the British government to grasp at advantages which might arise from domestic differences in the United States, and that it was not then in his power to say more.
Lord Russell to lords commissioners of the admiralty.
Lord Russell states that in view of interruption of mails in contravention of postal treaty with great Britain, private letters were confided to consular bag, and that on opening bag nothing was found of treasonable character; that Mr.
memory.loc.gov /ll/llss/1300/1394/llss1394.sgm   (13304 words)

  
 Page 74. Rhodes, James Ford. 1917. History of the Civil War, 1861–1865
Lord Palmerston cannot resist the impulse if he would.
The English Cabinet decided that the seizure of Mason and Slidell was “an act of violence which was an affront to the British flag and a violation of international law,” and that their liberation and “a suitable apology for the aggression” be demanded.
Instructions for such an eventuality were sent to Lord Lyons and to the Vice Admiral commanding the British fleet in American waters.
www.bartleby.com /252/pages/page74.html   (227 words)

  
 Guide to the Papers of Lord Gowrie: MS 2852
The hopes of Lord and Lady Ruthven for a commercial career for their son were forestalled by his succumbing to malaria in India.
In 1945 the Earl of Gowrie, succeeded Lord Wigram as Deputy Constable and Lieutenant Governor of Windsor Castle.
Lord Gowrie's speeches include a volume of indexed orations, delivered whilst Governor of South Australia between 1928 and 1934, and his maiden speech in the House of Lords.
nla.gov.au /nla.ms-ms2852   (9254 words)

  
 The SSA - Lord Lyon
Robin Blair, 34th Lord Lyon, explains that "in the earliest times, the principal function of the Lord Lyon in Scotland was to confirm the correct heir to the Scottish throne, satisfying himself that the genealogy of the claimant was honourable and accurate.
The Lord Lyon explains that a number of clans that are without chiefs — some for hundreds of years — are now keen to find one.
The Lord Lyon is permitted to grant arms to any "virtuous and well-deserving person" with Scottish connections and he has the final word on what form the arms should take.
www.scotarmigers.net /lordlyon.htm   (2251 words)

  
 Eucherius-Members of the Lord   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The arm of the Lord is his son, through whom all was made; in the prophet: the arm of the Lord is shown to him.
The discourse of the Lord is a vindicating sword; in the apostle: the discourse of the Lord is living, and it is as efficacious and penetrating as a two-edged sword.
The rod of the Lord is a sign of his rule or of the correction of discipline; in the psalm: the rod of equity, the rod of your reign.
www.voskrese.info /spl/lyons.html   (624 words)

  
 The Trent Affair
Lord Palmerston, Britain’s cantankerous Prime Minister, commenced an emergency cabinet meeting by throwing his hat on the table and declaring, “I don’t know whether you are going to stand this, but I’ll be damned if I do.” The British Government composed an ultimatum that demanded an apology and the return of the Confederate diplomats.
The revised message was sent to Lord Lyons, the British minister in Washington.
Seward conceded the substance at issue by announcing that the Confederates would be freed but he salvaged American pride by forcefully asserting that Britain had finally adopted the American conception of neutral rights over which the two nations had fought a war in 1812.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ho/time/cw/17612.htm   (804 words)

  
 John Lyons : America's Most Trusted Horseman
It was so discreet but yet the Lord planned on me being there to hear your message.
By the way, I was the one who offered you a place to stay in the executive suite and I brought the young girl you chose to ride the unbroke horse that day.
Let's give thanks to the Lord for inspiring the growth of a seed He allowed to be set that day.
www.johnlyons.com /infaith.php   (2007 words)

  
 News From The Past, "The Trent Affair"
Three of her Majesty's ministers, including the First Lord of Admiralty and Secretary of State for War, traveled from London to Windsor by special train to be present.
Lord Lyons has prudently refrained from opening the subject to me, as I presume waiting instructions from home.
Lord Lyons, in acknowledging (Dec. 27) the receipt of Mr.
www.civilwarhome.com /washstartrent.htm   (1626 words)

  
 Lord Lyon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The main topic of discussion was the Lord Lyon’s Judgement refusing the petition presented by the ad hoc Derbhfine to grant Iain MacMillan MacAulay M.B.E., Armiger the undifferenced Arms of MacAulay and for recognition as chief of Clan MacAulay.
His sterling work was given recognition by the Lord Lyon who in 1986 afforded him the status of Commander.
The Lord Lyon made a crucial observation in his judgement when he said “ I believe that the traditional mechanisms which have held good hitherto are no longer adequate to reflect the interest and enthusiasm of a worldwide diaspora.”
www.macaulay.org /LordLyon.htm   (778 words)

  
 http://www.uwm.edu/~carlin/Inquisition.htm
The temporal lords shall carefully search out the heretics in the villas, the houses and the forests where they meet and destroy their lairs.
The sect or heresy of the Waldenses or Poor Men of Lyons emerged about the year of Our Lord 1170 A.D. The person responsible for it was an inhabitant of Lyons, Valdes or Waldo, hence the name of these sectarians.
Sent word by the Archbishop of Lyons, Lord John of the Fair Hands, who forbade them to be so presumptuous, they refused to obey him, arguing in mitigation of their folly that they had to obey God rather than men.
www.uwm.edu /~carlin/Inquisition.htm   (832 words)

  
 Ordination of Fr. Robert Lyons
Lyons entered the priesthood in the Melchite Rite which allows a married man to become a priest.
Lyons' wife and eldest son were present for his ordination.
Lyons so that the newly ordained can say Mass and administer the sacraments in the Latin Rite.
www.truecatholic.org /pope/rl-ordination.htm   (572 words)

  
 Medieval Sourcebook: The Persecution & Martyrdoms of Lyons In 177 A.D.
The Persecution and Martyrdoms of Lyons In 177 A.D. The Letter of the Churchs of Vienna and Lyons to the Churches of Asia and Phrygia
The servants of Christ residing at Vienne and Lyons in Gaul to the brethren throughout Asia and Phrygia, who have the same faith and hope of redemption as ourselves, peace, grace, and glory from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord.
Out of the two churches [Lyons and Vienne] all the zealous people and those to whom the churches owed most their establishment, were collected together in prison.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/177-lyonsmartyrs.html   (4548 words)

  
 November 21st
Patronised by the Duke of Richmond and Lord Petro, he was employed by them to arrange their gardens and collections of dried plants.
Lord Bute appointed him to the directorship of the royal gardens, with a handsome salary, but it does not seem that the grant was ever confirmed.
Walpole first met them, it is said, at Lord Strafford's, at Wentworth Castle, in Yorkshire, and the friendship thus formed was a lasting one.
www.thebookofdays.com /months/nov/21.htm   (3099 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Prisoner of My Desire: Books: Johanna Lindsey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Before the marriage can be consummated, Lyons dies and Rowena celebrates her good fortune, until Gilbert arrives with a new plot-Rowena must become pregnant before Lyons's death is announced.
Rowena is captured and taken to the Fulkhurst dungeon, where Lord Warrick de Chaville cruelly strips Rowena of her title and forces her to become his serf.
Lady Rowena Belleme is forced to marry old codger Lord Godwine Lyons so that her step brother Gilbert d'Ambray may secure his lands and men.
www.amazon.ca /Prisoner-My-Desire-Johanna-Lindsey/dp/0060518642   (1890 words)

  
 Martyrs of Lyons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
At Lyons and Vienne, in Gaul, there were missionary centers which had drawn many Christians from Asia and Greece.
Some slaves from Christian households were tortured to obtain confessions, and were induced to say that Christians practiced cannibalism and incest.
These charges were used to arouse the whole city against the Christians, particularly against Pothinus, the aged bishop of Lyons; Sanctus, a deacon; Attalus; Maturus, a recent convert; and Blandina, a slave.
satucket.com /lectionary/Lyons.htm   (168 words)

  
 Amazon: So You'd Like To... - View Guide "read Balthasar's Glory of the Lord"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Volume 5, The Realm of Metaphysics in the Modern Age (Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics, Volume 5), is the last with an absurd number of outside sources he covers, but if you've come this far you only need to read a few of them (you've probably read the others.
Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics : The Realm of Metaphysics in Antiquity (Balthasar, Hans Urs Von//Glory of the Lord)
The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics : Theology : The New Covenant (Balthasar, Hans Urs Von//Glory of the Lord)
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/guides/guide-display/-/1SPLR2ERFVD9Z   (578 words)

  
 DiaryChannel.com
LONDON, Dec. 1.-The Observer states that the government will demand from President Lincoln and his Cabinet the restoration of the persons of the Southern envoys to the British government.
The Observer says a special messenger of foreign affairs has been ordered to carry our demands to Lord Lyons, and will proceed by packet from Queenstown to-day.
Mason and Slidell on board a British vessel, Capt. Wilkes having acted without any instructions from the Government, the subject is therefore free from the embarrassment which might have resulted had the act been specially directed by us.
diarychannel.com /Diary.aspx?ID=125   (1503 words)

  
 Europe and the American Civil War
The American Minister in London was Charles Francis Adams, and the British Minister in Washington was Lord Lyons, and these two had done all they could, in the absence of instructions from their governments, to keep the Trent business from getting out of hand.
Minister Adams warned Seward that the British government might very soon offer to mediate the difficulty between North and South, which would be a polite but effective way of intimating that in the opinion of Great Britain the quarrel had gone on long enough and ought to be ended-by giving the South what it wanted.
Earl Russell had given Mason no encouragement whatever, but after news of the Second Battle of Bull Pun reached London, he and Lord Palmerston, the Prime Minister, agreed that along in late September or thereabouts there should be a cabinet meeting at which Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary would ask approval of the mediation proposal.
www.civilwarhome.com /europeandcivilwar.htm   (2789 words)

  
 China and Japan, Appendix, by James D. Johnston
Ward, and Flag-Officer Tattnall, will each be furnished with a copy of my note of the 10th instant, expressing the thanks of Her Majesty's Government for the assistance rendered by those distinguished officers during the late operations at the mouth of the Peiho River.
I have also the honor to inform you that I have requested that the best acknowledgements of the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty may be conveyed to Flag-Officer Tattnall, for his courteous and valuable assistance on the occasion referred to.
I have received from the hands of the British Admiral a copy of a letter from Lord Lyons, relative to the same affair, of which I inclose a copy.
www.myoutbox.net /cajappx.htm   (5550 words)

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