A series of letters to Mrs Whitby.

A series of letters to Mrs Whitby most from Catherine Lyons family and a few from her husband John Lyons.

Administrative / biographical background
Captain John Lyons (1760 – 1816) was a British owner of extensive sugar plantations and where he served as a politician and a Captain in the Royal Navy.

Record Details

Item reference: COR/100/5/10; MSS/78/006
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1784-1816; 1792-1827
Creator: Admiral Sir William Cornwallis
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. On loan from Miss Julia Wykeham-Martin
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