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Authorised form of nameLyons; Sir; Henry George (1864 - 1944); geologist and museum director
Dates1864 - 1944
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of birth11 October 1864
Place of deathPicketts Field, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England
Date of death10/08/1944
OccupationSoldier
Research fieldGeology
ActivityEducation:
Wellington College (1878–82); Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (1882–4)
Career:
Lieutenant, Royal Engineers (1884-retirement in 1904); posted to Gibraltar, where explored hr its caves and sent specimens to the British Museum (1886); Director General, Geological Survey of Egypt (1896-1898); served in the Great War (1914-1919); Secretary-general of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (1919); Director and Secretary, Science Museum (1920); general secretary of the International Research Council (1928).
Honours:
Kt 1926
Memberships:
FGS
FZS
FRGS
FRMS (President 1915-1917)
Awards/Medals:
Honorary secretary of the Royal Geographical Society
Victoria Medal (1911)
Symons gold medal (1922)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election03/05/1906
Age at election42
ProposerArthur William Rucker; Norman Lockyer; Thomas George Bonney; Robert Stawell Ball; Andrew Wilson Baird; Richard Strachey
George Howard Darwin; Herbert Hall Turner; Hugh Frank Newall; William Henry Preece; Percy Alexander MacMahon; Benjamin Baker; William Napier Shaw
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
For Sec 1928-1929; Treas 1929-1939; VP 1928-1939
RelationshipsParents: Thomas Casey Lyons, and Helen, daughter of George Young, of Apsley Towers, Ryde, Isle of Wight.
Spouse: Helen Hardwick, daughter of the London architect Philip Charles Hardwick (1896)
PublishedWorksRCN 51325
RCN 21872
RCN 7984
RCN 7986
RCN 8005
RCN 8006
RCN 8007
RCN 8008
RCN 7987
RCN 7988
RCN 7989
RCN 7990
RCN 24592
RCN R70374
OtherInfoHe played a significant role in he perparation of the Royal Society's Record published in 1940, and was instrumental in overseeing the publication of the Society's Notes and Records. Despite facing displacement from his house and library due t bombing and grappling with arthritis-related challenges in 1940, Lyons initiated the writing of his book, "The Royal Society, 1660-1940: a History of its Administration under its Charters". This work was eventually published posthumously in 1944.
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SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1942-1944 vol 4 pp 795-809, plate, by H H Dale
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/64817993
CodeNA6939
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MC/20/146Letter from [Henry George] Lyons, Survey Departmet, Cairo, [Robert William Frederick] Harrison18 February 1905
MC/20/148Letter from [Henry George] Lyons, Army & Navy Club, Pall Mall, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison1 June 1905
MC/20/147Letter from [Henry George] Lyons, Gezira, Cairo, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison19 February 1905
MDA/A/21/50Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society at Trinity College, Cambridge]2 October 1939
MDA/A/21/6Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society]2 April 1939
MDA/A/21/75Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society]25 October 1939
MDA/A/21/71Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society at Trinity College, Cambridge23 October 1939
MDA/A/21/48Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society at Trinity College, Cambridge29 September 1939
MDA/A/7/7Letter from Sir Henry Lyons, FRS, Fingest Grove, near High Wycombe, Bucks to John David Griffith Davies (Assistant Secretary) 30 May 1942
MDA/A/21/20Letter from Henry George Lyons to Mr Ronald Winckworth, Rodsall Manor, Shackleford, near Godalming, Surrey3 August 1939
MDA/A/7Correspondence of Henry George Lyons, regarding the history of the Royal Society28 April 1942 - 2 November 1942
MDA/A/21/74Copy letter from W B Keen & Co to Sir Henry George Lyons, The County Hall, Hertford20 October 1939
MDA/A/21/63Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society at Trinity College, Cambridge10 October 1939
MDA/A/21/36Letter from Henry George Lyons to John David Griffith Davies, The Old Cottage, Shackleford nr Godalming16 September 1939
MDA/A/21/27Postcard from Henry George Lyons to John David Griffith Davies, Old Cottage, Shackleford, Surrey5 September 1939
MDA/A/21/59Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society at Trinity College, Cambridge9 October 1939
MDA/A/21/77Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society]7 November 1939
MDA/A/21/1Letter from Henry George Lyons to unknown correspondent, [Royal Society]18 February 1939
NLB/68/382Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS1 July 1925
MDA/A/21/15Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society]14 June 1939
MDA/A/21/31Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W.1.6 September 1939 - 7 September 1939
MDA/A/21/29Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, Trinity College, Cambridge 4 September 1939
MDA/A/21/7Letter from H H Keen to Sir Henry George Lyons, W B Keen & Company, 23 Queen Street, London, E.C.4.29 March 1939
MDA/A/21/12Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W.1.22 April 1939
MDA/A/21/35Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W.1.15 September 1939
MDA/A/21/62Letter from Sir Henry George Lyons to John David Griffith Davies, The Old Cottage, Shackleford10 October 1939
MDA/A/21/8Copy letter from Henry George Lyons to H H Keen, [Royal Society]5 April 1939
MDA/A/21/76Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society]26 October 1939
MDA/A/21/43Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society at Trinity College, Cambridge23 September 1939
MDA/A/21/54Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society]6 October 1939
MDA/A/21/46Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society at Trinity College, Cambridge23 September 1939
MDA/A/21/72Letter and draft of Report of Council from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society at Trinity College, Cambridge23 October 1939
MDA/A/21/17Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society]1 July 1939
MDA/A/21/53Letter from Sir Henry George Lyons to John David Griffith Davies, The Old Cottage, Shackleford4 October 1939
MDA/A/21/28Copy letter from unknown correspondent to Sir Henry George Lyons5 September 1939
MDA/A/21/44Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society at Trinity College, Cambridge26 September 1939
MDA/A/21/64Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society at Trinity College, Cambridge11 October 1939
MDA/A/21/57Letter from Sir Henry George Lyons to John David Griffith Davies, The Royal Society7 October 1939
MDA/A/21/33Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society, Burlingotn House, London, W.1.11 September 1939
MDA/A/21/73Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society]24 October 1939
MDA/A/21/14Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W.1.30 May 1939
MDA/A/21/22Letter from Henry George Lyons to Mr Ronald Winckworth, Rodsall Manor, Shackleford, Godalming15 August 1939
MDA/A/21/30Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society]6 September 1939
MDA/A/21/40'Memorandum. International Scientific Organisations. Part II. Finance'c1940
MDA/A/21/51Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society at Trinity College, Cambridge]3 October 1939
MDA/A/21/24Postcard from Henry George Lyons to John David Griffith Davies, Rodsall Manor, Shackleford, Godalming22 August 1939
MDA/A/21/39'Memorandum. International Scientific Organisations. Part I. Administration'c1940
MDA/A/21/3Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society10 March 1939
MDA/A/21/5Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society]2 April 1939
MDA/A/21/2Letter from Henry George Lyons to John David Griffith Davies, The Royal Society, Burlington House, W.1.19 February 1939
MDA/A/21/16Letter from Henry George Lyons to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, Lodge Hill Hotel, Watersfield, Pulborough, Sussex21 April 1939
MDA/A/21/19Postcard from Francis Wall Oliver to Sir Henry George Lyons, Ballards Road, Limpsfield, Surreyc1939
MDA/A/21Correspondence of Henry George Lyons1939-1941
MDA/A/21/18'Alteration to Statute 92' [of The Royal Society]c1918
MDA/A/21/11Letter from Henry George Lyons to John David Griffith Davies, Lodge Hill Hotel, Watersfield, Pulborough, Sussex19 April 1939
MDA/A/21/4Letter from H B Moore to Sir Henry George Lyons, Oxford University Appointments Committee, 36 Beaumont Street27 March 1939
MDA/A/21/65Excert of a letter from Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society] 11 October 1939
MDA/A/21/69Letter from Sir Henry George Lyons to John David Griffith Davies, The Old Cottage, Shackleford, nr Godalming16 October 1939
MDA/A/21/78Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society]6 November 1939
MDA/A/21/34Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, Trinity College, Cambridge14 September 1939
MDA/A/21/32Letter from Henry George Lyons to John David Griffith Davies, The Old Cottage, Shackleford, Godalming6 September 1939
MDA/A/21/66Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society] 13 October 1939
MDA/A/21/49Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society at Trinity College, Cambridge]2 October 1939
MDA/A/21/9Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society]19 April 1939
MDA/A/21/58Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society7 October 1939
MDA/A/21/41Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society, Trinity College Cambridge]22 September 1939
MDA/A/21/68Letter from Frederick John Marrian Stratton to Sir Henry George Lyons, International Council of Scientific Unions, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, England14 October 1939
MDA/A/21/42Letter from Henry George Lyons to John David Griffith Davies, The Old Cottage, Shackleford, nr Goldaming23 September 1939
MDA/A/21/56Draft letter from Sir Henry George Lyons to the General Secretary, International Council of Scientific Unions, The Royal Society7 October 1939
MDA/A/21/61Letter and two memoranda from Sir Henry George Lyons to John David Griffith Davies, The Old Cottage, Shackleford11 October 1939
NLB/11/493Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Professor Arthur William Rucker, Fellow of the Royal Society12 July 1895
NLB/13/250Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Captain Henry George Lyons, Director of the Geological Survey of Egypt9 July 1896
NLB/23/2/121Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Captain [Henry George] Lyons, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Survey Department, Cairo4 November 1901
NLB/48/405Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain [Henry George] Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society30 June 1913
RR/24/72Letter from Henry George Lyons, to Aubrey Strahan, regarding a paper 'The support and origin of the mountains of central Asia' by Richard Dixon Oldham2 June 1917
NLB/30/54Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Captain Henry George Lyons, Fellow of the Royal SocietyJanuary 1905
NLB/23/2/114Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Captain Henry George Lyons, [Fellow of the Royal Society]30 July 1901
NLB/23/2/120Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Captain [Henry George] Lyons, [Fellow of the Royal Society]1 November 1901
NLB/24/164Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain Henry George Lyons, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Cairo14 March 1902
NLB/30/150Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain Henry George Lyons, [Fellow of the Royal Society]3 February 1905
MC/19/583Letter from [Henry George] Lyons, Geriza, Cairo, to [William Napier] Shaw19 December 1904
NLB/32/747Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [Messrs Harrison & Sons][19 May 1906]
NLB/37/455Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Captain H [Henry] G [George] Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society23 March 1908
NLB/37/624Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Captain H [Henry] G [Georgee] Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society14 April 1908
NLB/40/822Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Messrs Harrison & Sons6 September 1909
NLB/40/819Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to [Henry George] Lyons1 September 1909
NLB/42/62Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr W [William] N [Napier] Shaw FRS 18 March 1910
NLB/47/456Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Captain H [Henry] G [George] Lyons FRS3 February 1913
NLB/52/11Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Captain Henry George Lyons FRS16 July 1915
NLB/44/51Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Captain H [Henry] G [George] Lyons FRS 27 April 1911
NLB/45/160Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Captain H [Henry] G [George] Lyons, Chairman, Geology Sectional Committee8 January 1912
NLB/48/54Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain Henry George Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society2 May 1913
NLB/46/218Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain Henry George Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society27 June 1912
NLB/48/149Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain [Henry George] Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society26 May 1913
NLB/46/146Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain Henry George Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society17 June 1912
NLB/46/601Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain [Henry George] Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society2 October 1912
NLB/46/635Copy letter from Henry George Lyons, to Dr Charles William Andrews, Alfred Harker, Dr George Jennings Hinde, Clement Reid, Professor Albert Charles Seward, Professor William Whitehead Watts, Captain Thomas Henry Tizard, Professor John Walter Gregory7 October 1912
NLB/47/359 Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Captain H [Henry] G [George] Lyons FRS21 January 1913
NLB/47/728Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Captain H [Henry] G [George] Lyons FRS, Chairman of the Geology Sectional Committee2 April 1913
NLB/47/508Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Captain H [Henry] G [George] Lyons FRS, Chairman of the Geology Sectional Committee11 February 1913
NLB/48/359Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain [Henry George] Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society20 June 1913
NLB/48/195Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain [Henry George] Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society30 May 1913
NLB/47/764Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Captain [Henry George] Lyons8 April 1913
NLB/48/170Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain [Henry George] Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society27 May 1913
NLB/47/214Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Capt. H [Henry] G [George] Lyons FRS, Chairman of the Geology Sectional Committee18 December 1912
NLB/48/292Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain [Henry George] Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society11 June 1913
NLB/48/382Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain [Henry George] Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society25 June 1913
NLB/48/504Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain [Henry George] Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society16 July 1913
NLB/48/470Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain [Henry George] Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society9 July 1913
NLB/48/484Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain [Henry George] Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society, The Chairman of the Geology Sectional Committee11 July 1913
NLB/48/578Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain [Henry George] Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society29 July 1913
NLB/48/841Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain [Henry George] Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society23 October 1913
NLB/48/716Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain [Henry George] Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society29 September 1913
NLB/51/280Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Captain Henry George Lyons, RE, FRS2 February 1915
NLB/53/275Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Major [Henry George] Lyons, FRS26 June 1916
NLB/51/562Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Captain Henry George Lyons RE, FRS26 April 1915
NLB/52/278Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Major Henry George Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Meeting and FRS1 November 1915
NLB/53/506Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Major [Henry George] Lyons, FRS18 October 1916
NLB/52/269Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Dr. Charles Chree, FRS29 October 1915
NLB/52/655Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Major Henry George Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS4 February 1916
NLB/52/808Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Major Ernest Gold, Assistant Director of the Meteorological Office and FRS; G. H. Q, British Expeditionary Force, France29 February 1916
NLB/54/489Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Major [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS25 May 1917
NLB/53/292Copy letter from [Dr.] Arthur Schuster, Secretary of the Royal Society and FRS; to Major [Henry George] Lyons, FRS, President, Royal Meteorological Society, Victoria Street, S.W. 30 June 1916
NLB/57/214Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel HG [Henry George] Lyons, FRS, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee21 August 1919
NLB/54/463Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Arthur Maquarie Esquire; Royal Society of Literature, Bloomsbury Square, W.C.18 May 1917
NLB/69/944Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; Col. Sir Henry [George] Lyon, FRS23 November 1926
NLB/54/466Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Major [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS21 May 1917
NLB/54/552Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Major [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS18 June 1917
NLB/56/761Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS20 May 1919
NLB/65/616Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS29 November 1923
NLB/56/351Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS17 January 1919
NLB/64/755Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons FRS14 June 1923
NLB/58/158Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS22 March 1920
NLB/47New Letter Book volume 47, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration12 November 1912-24 April 1913
NLB/58/519Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS14 May 1920
NLB/59/928Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS1 December 1920
NLB/55/123Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Major [Henry George] Lyons, FRS10 December 1917
NLB/68/431Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons; International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, S.W.7.11 July 1925
NLB/59/204Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry] George Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS26 July 1920
NLB/66/727Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS27 June 1924
NLB/58/737Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS14 June 1920
NLB/58/334Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS21 April 1920
NLB/64/18Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS19 January 1923
NLB/59/891Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS26 November 1920
NLB/58/799Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS21 June 1920
NLB/55/468Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Major [Henry George] Lyons, FRS16 April 1918
NLB/58/781Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS18 June 1920
NLB/58/583Copy letter fom Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS27 May 1920
NLB/58/872Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS28 June 1920
NLB/58/868Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS28 June 1920
NLB/59/594Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS23 October 1920
NLB/57/43Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel HG [Henry George] Lyons, FRS7 July 1919
NLB/60/599Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS28 February 1921
NLB/59/5Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS9 July 1920
NLB/55/438 Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Major [Henry George] Lyons, FRS08 April 1916
NLB/55/490Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Lt. Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS26 April 1918
NLB/59/238Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS30 July 1920
NLB/60/194Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS22 December 1920
NLB/59/707Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS5 November 1920
NLB/59/853Copy letter from [F. E. Inglis, Clerk of the Royal Society]; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS22 November 1920
NLB/60/120Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS11 December 1920
NLB/60/523Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS17 February 1921
NLB/55/753Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Colonel Henry George] Lyons, FRS28 August 1918
NLB/71/156Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry [George] Lyons, FRS24 January 1928
NLB/61/223Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS2 June 1921
NLB/57/456Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to unknown correspondent11 November 1919
NLB/63/424Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS 10 October 1922
NLB/62/627Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel Henry George Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS28 March 1922
NLB/55/422Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Major [Henry George] Lyons, FRS26 March 1918
NLB/64/16Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS19 January 1923
NLB/66/849Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS28 July 1924
NLB/57/607Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Secretary, the Air Ministry15 December 1919
NLB/62/461Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS17 February 1922
NLB/62/568Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS15 March 1922
NLB/55/576Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS17 June 1918
NLB/55/801Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS30 September 1918
NLB/64/384Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS26 March 1923
NLB/63/544Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society and FRS; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS03 November 1922
NLB/63/45Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society and FRS; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS16 June 1922
NLB/67/725Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS19 February 1925
NLB/62/838Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS19 May 1922
NLB/63/79Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society and FRS; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS22 June 1922
NLB/63/286Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS04 August 1922
NLB/64/85Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Colonel Henry George Lyons,] Chairman of the National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics and FRS30 January 1923
NLB/63/392Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS06 October 1922
NLB/57/135Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel HG [Henry George] Lyons, FRS, [Chairman of the Gassiot Committee]29 July 1919
NLB/57/307Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr C [Charles] Chree, FRS13 October 1919
NLB/57/895Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor Herbert McLeod, FRS28 February 1920
NLB/64/194Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS22 February 1923
NLB/67/142Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS1 November 1924
NLB/65/389Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS25 October 1923
NLB/67/552Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Secretary of the Treasury; Whitehall, S.W.1.22 January 1925
NLB/64/643Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel Henry George Lyons, FRS23 May 1923
NLB/64/881Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS.6 July 1923
NLB/64/915Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Richard Glazebrook, K.C.B, FRS10 July 1923
NLB/68/289Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS12 June 1925
NLB/65/649Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS3 December 1923
NLB/64/916Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; To Colonel [Henry George Lyons], FRS10 July 1923
NLB/64/862Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, R.E., FRS3 July 1923
NLB/66/295Copy letter from [William Bate Hardy, Secretary] of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS4 April 1924
NLB/67/469Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [John] Horne, FRS5 January 1925
NLB/68/406Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS10 July 1925
NLB/57/897Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor WW [William Whitehead] Watts, FRS28 February 1920
NLB/66/520Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS22 May 1924
NLB/66/834Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS23 July 1924
NLB/68/59Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS8 May 1925
NLB/66/769Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS4 July 1924
NLB/68/892Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, RE, FRS21 November 1925
NLB/66/883Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [Gerald Ponsonby] Lenox-Conyngham, FRS6 August 1924
NLB/68/506Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS, Chairman of the National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics20 July 1925
NLB/66/884Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS6 August 1924
NLB/71/181Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry [George] Lyons, FRS, General Secretary, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics3 February 1928
NLB/71/859Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry [George] Lyons, FRS19 November 1928
NLB/69/251Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons12 February 1926
NLB/69/430Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Major H. E. Wimperis, Air Ministry, Adastral House, W.C.213 April 1926
NLB/71/611Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry Lyons, FRS26 July 1928
NLB/69/237Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons12 February 1926
NLB/69/406Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS27 March 1926
NLB/69/549Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Charles] Chree, FRS 4 June 1926
NLB/69/563Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, FRS, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics11 June 1926
NLB/72/264Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry Lyons, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society13 June 1929
NLB/70/30Copy letter from Henry Hallett Dale, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry Lyons, FRS6 December 1926
NLB/69/830Copy letter from Henry Hallett Dale, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry [George] Lyons, FRS28 October 1926
NLB/71/85Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry [George] Lyons, R. E., FRS2 January 1928
NLB/70/422Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry Lyons, FRS28 March 1927
NLB/71/800Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry [George] Lyons, FRS3 November 1928
NLB/70/485Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry Lyons, FRS25 April 1927
NLB/71/411Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry Lyons, FRS7 May 1928
NLB/70/955Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry Lyons, FRS19 November 1927
NLB/72/287Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry Lyons, FRS21 June 1929
NLB/72/444Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry Lyons, FRS25 October 1929
CD/45/5Letter from Major General Lord Edward Gleichen, to [Henry George] Lyons26 February 1918
NLB/73/196Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to A. D. C. Parsons Esq., SW119 February 1931
CD/5/17Copy letter from the Royal Society, to Professor [John] Graham Kerr, Professor [John Stanley] Gardiner, Professor [James Thomas] Wilson, Sir [David] Prain, Dr [Arthur William] Hill, Sir Arthur Keith, Sir [Alfred Daniel] Hall, Professor [Robert] Newstead, Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Dr [John William] Evans, Sir [Richard] Threlfall, Sir [John] Cadman18 January 1923
CD/44/17Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons10 July 1923
P/0182Portrait of Lyons, Sir Henry George1931
IM/GA/Russell/16944Lyons, Sir Henry Georgend
MC/20/144Letter from [Henry George] Lyons, Gezira, Cairo, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison29 December 1905
MDA/A/21/67Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society] 14 October 1939
MDA/A/21/10Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W.1.18 Apr 1939
MDA/A/21/26Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W.1.30 August 1939
MDA/A/21/55Draft letter from Sir Henry George Lyons to the General Secretary, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, The Royal Society7 October 1939
NLB/41/467Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain Henry George Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society20 December 1909
MDA/A/21/21Copy letter from unknown correspondent to Sir Henry George Lyons 13 August 1939
MDA/A/21/13Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W.1.24 April 1939
MDA/A/21/45Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society at Trinity College, Cambridge27 September 1939
MDA/A/21/60Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society at Trinity College, Cambridge9 October 1939
MDA/A/21/38Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, Trinity College, Cambridge18 September 1939
MDA/A/21/23Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society]23 August 1939
MDA/A/21/25Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society]28 August 1939
MDA/A/21/47Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, [Royal Society] 28 September 1939
MDA/A/21/37Copy letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, Trinity College, Cambridge18 September 1939
MDA/A/21/70Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society at Trinity College, Cambridge20 October 1939
MDA/A/21/52Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society at Trinity College, Cambridge3 October 1939
RR/15/215Referee's report by Ettrick William Creak, on a paper 'Magnetic observations in Egypt, 1893-1901' by Henry George Lyons29 June 1901
NLB/47/539Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Captain H [Henry] G [George] Lyons FRS18 February 1913
NLB/51/339Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Captain Henry George Lyons RE, FRS17 February 1915
NLB/51/663Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Captain Henry George Lyons FRS18 May 1915
NLB/54/450Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Major [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS16 May 1917
RR/44/34Referee's report by Henry George Lyons, on a paper 'Analyses of agricultural yield. Part IV. - Water-table movements on a farm in Egypt' by William Lawrence Balls and M A Zaghloul28 January 1932
NLB/48New Letter Book volume 48, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration25 April 1913-25 October 1913
NLB/59/116Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS17 July 1920
NLB/60/410Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS1 February 1921
NLB/62/87Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS30 November 1921
NLB/62/162Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS13 December 1921
NLB/62/488Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS21 February 1922
NLB/62/503Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS23 February 1922
NLB/62/650Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir William [Henry] Bragg, FRS31 March 1922
NLB/70/326Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Henry Lyons, FRS4 March 1927
NLB/71/565Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir William [Henry] Bragg, K.B.E, FRS [also send to Sir Henry Lyons, Sir Charles Sherrington and Sir John Farmer].6 July 1928
EC/1906/09Lyons, Sir Henry George: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/30/852Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain [Henry George] Lyons, Army and Navy Club, [Fellow of the Royal Society]31 May 1905
MDA/C/2/1Correspondence and papers relating to the Browne Fund 1937-1939
MDA/C/6/1Papers relating to an award from the Darwin Research Fund to Charles Sutherland Elton1931-1942
MDA/C/5/1Correspondence and papers relating to the Curl Trust1938-1952
NLB/58New Letter Book volume 58, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration28 February 1920-9 July 1920
NLB/59New Letter Book volume 59, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration9 July 1920-2 December 1920
NLB/60New Letter Book volume 60, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration2 December 1920-26 April 1921
NLB/62/362Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Colonel [Henry George] Lyons, Chairman of the Gassiot Committee and FRS31 January 1922
NLB/66New Letter Book volume 66, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration1 February 1924-25 September 1924
NLB/64New Letter Book volume 64, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration19 January 1923-11 July 1923
MC/20/149Letter from [Henry George] Lyons, Director General of the Survey Department, Cairo, to Sir Archibald Geikie, Secretary of the Royal Society22 November 1905
NLB/52New Letter Book volume 52, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration9 July 1915-8 March 1916
NLB/57New Letter Book volume 57, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration27 June 1919-27 February 1920
MC/20/145Letter from [Henry George] Lyons, Gezira, Cairo, to the Secretary of the Royal Society17 February 1905
RR/15/214Referee's report by Charles Chree, on a paper 'Magnetic observations in Egypt, 1893-1901' by Henry George Lyons18 June 1901
MC/20Volume 20 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1905
NLB/46/607Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Captain Henry George Lyons, Fellow of the Royal Society3 October 1912
NLB/47/111Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Captain H [Henry] G [George] Lyons FRS, Chairman of the Geology Sectional Committee3 December 1912
MC/19Volume 19 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1904
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