About Daniel Lysons
Lived 1816 – 1898 (aged 81). Daniel Lysons was a British military personnel.
General Sir Daniel Lysons (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. He was shipwrecked on The Premier in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in 1840 and sought help to rescue many of his comrades. He transferred to the 23rd (Welsh) Fusiliers in 1844.
He was appointed to the prestigious position of Constable of the Tower in 1890.
Family In 1856 he married Harriet Sophia Bridges and together they went on to have four daughters. In 1865 he married Anna Sophia Biscoe Tritton.
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British Army general (1816-1898)
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Daniel Lysons was born on 1 August 1816.
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Daniel Lysons died on 29 January 1898.
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Daniel Lysons was a military personnel.
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Daniel Lysons was British.
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