Lyon, Peter, son of Graham Lyon of Haddenham, Bucks; b. 12 June 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (R); left Apr. 1938 and went to Bryanston Sch.
LYON, GEORGE, youngest son of Benjamin Lyon, Jamaica, West Indies, and London, and Elizabeth Ann --- (IGI); bapt. St. Paul’s, Covent Garden 8 Sep 1771; adm. 19 Oct 1786; KS (aged 15) 1787; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Apr 1790; BA 1794; adm. Middle Temple 12 Feb 1791, called to bar 17 Nov 1797; d. at Spanish Town, Jamaica 1799.
LYNN, FRANCIS, brother of John Lynn (qv); b. 2 Nov 1675; adm.; Min. Can. 1687; KS (Capt. ) 1689; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1691, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1691, scholar 8 Apr 1692; BA 1694/5; Clerk, Admiralty Dec 1702 – Feb 1706; Secretary to Commissioners for Sick and Wounded Seamen Feb 1706 – May 1715, when office abolished; Secretary to Royal African Society from 11 Jun 1720; an account of his expenses at Westminster and Cambridge is printed from his diary in C. B. Phillimore, Alum. Westmon., 217-20; among the items is the payment of ten shillings “for the election board and putting up my name in gold letters on the tables”, which proves the existence of the custom in the old chamber of the Queen Scholars; lic. to m. 1696/7 Mary Thomson, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, dau. of Elizabeth Moreland, alias Thomson, wife of Christopher Moreland; d. 5 Apr 1731.
Lyne-Pirkis, Richard Hugh Godfrey, son of George Cecil Middleton Lyne-Pirkis, solicitor, of Blackheath, and Winifred Emily, d. of Charles Methley of Barnsley, Yorks; b. 30 Sept. 1916; adm. Sept. 1930 (B); left July 1935; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1935, BA 1938, MA 1942; 2nd Lieut. RA (TA) Dec. 1937, Lieut. 1940; Univ. Coll. Hosp. Med. Sch., MB 1946, MRCP DCH 1948; practised at Godalming, Surrey 1948-81; police surgeon SW Surrey 1950-71, asst DPM Guildford & Godalming Hosp. 1966-71; retd 1981; m. 23 Nov. 1940 Ellinor Bessie Maureen, d. of Col. Frederick Cecil Kyle Austin MD RAMC of Londonderry, N. Ireland; d. 5 Aug. 1991.
LYNDON, RICHARD, third son of Sir John Lyndon, Kt, Judge of the King’s Bench Division (I), and Elizabeth ---; b.; adm.; KS 1690; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1693, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1693, aged 17, scholar 20 Apr 1694, matr. 1693; migr. to Trinity Coll. Dublin; BA 1697; MA 1700 (ad eundem Cambridge).
LYNDE (or LINDE), SIR HUMPHREY, son of Cuthbert Lynde, Westminster, citizen and grocer, and Margery Baylie; bapt. 27 Aug 1579; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1596, matr. 14 Jan 1596/7, Westminster Stufdent to 1601; BA 1600; adm. Middle Temple 12 Jun 1601; of Cobham, Surrey; knighted 29 Oct 1613; MP Breconshire Feb – Jun 1626; a puritan controversialist, being “a severe enemy to the ponteficians as well in his common discourse, as in his writings” (Wood, Ath. Oxon., ii, dci); author, Via Tuta, the safe way to the true, antient, and Catholic faith, now professed in the Church of England, 1628, and other works; d. 8 Jun 1636. DNB.
Lynch, Edward Herbert, son of Col. Edward John Lynch, of South Kensington; b. Oct. 6, 1880; adm. May 2, 1895 (H); left July 1897; 2nd Lieut. East Kent Regt. Feb. 21, 1900; Lieut. Oct. 23, 1900; Indian Army Sept. 16, 1903; Capt. Feb. 21, 1909; half-pay Aug. 19, 1915; Major Nov. 21, 1918; served in the South African War 1900-2 and Tibet 1903-4.
LYNCH, DREWRY NICHOLAS, brother of Edward Frederic Nicholas Lynch (qv); b. 19 Oct 1864; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (H); left Dec 1882.
Lynch, Cecil St. John, brother of Edward Herbert Lynch (q.v.); b. Jan. 26, 1882; adm. May 2, 1895 (H); left May 1898; R.M.A. Woolwich 1899; 2nd Lieut. R.E. Aug. 18, 1900; Lieut. Aug. 18, 1903; Capt. Aug. 18, 1910; Major Nov. 2, 1916; acting Lieut.-Col. Dec. 8, 1917 - Sept. 24, 1918; served in France in Great War I as D. A. D. G. of Transport and in the Afghan War 1919; D. A. D. of Works, India, July 28, 1919; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 14, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1918; m.; d. at Quetta, Baluchistan, Sept. 27, 1925.
LYNCH, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1554 (Chapter Muniments).