Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, 1st Earl Lyons was a British diplomat, who was the favourite diplomat of Queen Victoria, during the four great crises of the second half of the 19th century: Italian unification, the American Civil War, the Eastern Question, and the replacement of France by Germany as the dominant Continental power following the 1870 Franco-Prussian War. Lyons resolved the Trent Affair during the American Civil War; and contributed to the Special Relationship and to the Entente Cordiale; and for predicting, 32 years before World War I, the occurrence of an imperial war between France and Germany that was to destroy Britain's international dominance.
Mr. Archibald to Lord Lyons. British Consulate, New York January 21, 1804 My Lord: I have the honor to report to your lordship, that the Unit States supply steamer Newburg…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State,Washington, October 14, 1861. My Lord: I have had the honor to receive your note of the 12th instant in answer to mine…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State,Washington, October 16, 1861. CIRCULAR. My Lord: The judge of the court of the United States for the southern district of New York…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State,Washington, October 18, 1861. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of yesterday, and to state, in…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State,Washington, October 18, 1861. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of yesterday, and to state, in…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State,Washington, October 19, 1861. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 11th instant, accompanied by…
Mr. Bernal to Lord Lyons. British Consulate, Baltimore, October 22, 1861. My Lord: In pursuance of the instructions in your lordship’s despatch of the 19th (received this morning) having reference…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State,Washington, October 24, 1861. My Lord: Your letter of the 11th of October last, presenting the claim of Mr. William Gray, owner of…
Earl Russell to Lord Lyons. Foreign Office, January 23, 1862. My Lord: I mentioned in my despatch of the 10th instant that her Majesty’s government differed from Mr. Seward in…
Earl Russell to Lord Lyons. Foreign Office, January 23, 1862. My Lord: I mentioned in my despatch of the 10th instant that her Majesty’s government differed from Mr. Seward in…
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons. Department of State, Washington, January 17, 1863. My Lord: I have the honor to inform you that the attorney of the United States for the…
[Inclosure in No. 86.] Earl Russell to Lord Lyons. Foreign Office, March 27, 1863. My Lord: Mr. Adams having asked for an interview, I bad along conversation with hiui yesterday…
[Enclosure 1 in No. 5.] Acting Consul Cridland to Lord Lyons. Mobile, May 28, 1863. My Lord: I have the honor to report to your lordship that I arrived at…
[Enclosure 1 in No. 1.] Consul Moore to Lord Lyons. [Extract.] Richmond, June 6, 1863. I have the honor to enclose to your lordship the copy of a letter addressed…
[Enclosure 2 in No. 5.] Acting Consul Cridland to Lord Lyons. Mobile, June 8, 1863. My Lord: On the 28th of May I had the honor to report to your…
[Enclosure 1 in No. 2.] Consul Moore to Lord Lyons. Richmond, June 9, 1863. My Lord: I have the honor to state that as the exigencies of the public service…
[Enclosure 5 in No. 5.] Acting Consul Cridland to Lord Lyons. Mobile, June 13, 1863. My Lord: I have the honor to place before your lordship the copy of a…
[Enclosure 2 in No. 2.] Consul Moore to Lord Lyons. Washington, June 16, 1863. My Lord: Since I had the honor of addressing your lordship from Richmond, I have orally…
[Enclosure 8 in No. 5.] Acting Consul Cridland to Lord Lyons. Mobile, June 25, 1863. My Lord: In my despatch dated 13th instant I had the honor to inform your…
[Enclosure 9 in No. 5.] Acting Consul Cridland to Lord Lyons. Mobile, July 11, 1863. My Lord: In a despatch dated the 26th June last I had the honor to…
Patrick Hamilton to Lord Lyons. Fort Warren, September 30, 1863. My Lord: I have taken this opportunity of writing you these few lines, to state my case to you. I…
[Enclosure 1 in No. 5.] Consul Archibald to Lord Lyons. New York, December 23, 1863. My Lord: I have the honor to report to your lordship the arrival at this…
[Enclosure 1 in No. 6.] Major General Doyle to Lord Lyons. Government House, Halifax, December 23, 1863. My Lord: The unexpected arrival of the steamer from England compels me to…
[Enclosure 1 in No. 10.] Lieutenant Governor Gordon to Lord Lyons. Frederickton, New Brunswick, December 28, 1863. My Lord: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your lordship’s…