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LYONS, See also:RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST See also:EARL (1817–1887) , See also:British diplomatist, son of the preceding, was See also:born at See also:Lymington on the 26th of See also:April 1817. He entered the See also:diplomatic service, and in 1859–1864 was British See also:minister at See also:Washington, where, after the outbreak of the See also:Civil See also:War, the extremely important negotiations connected with the See also:arrest of the Confederate envoys on See also:board the British See also:mail-steamer "See also:Trent" devolved upon him. After a brief service at See also:Constantinople, he succeeded See also:Lord See also:Cowley at the See also:Paris See also:embassy in 1867. In the war of 187o he used his best efforts as a mediator, and accompanied the provisional See also:government to See also:Tours. He continued to hold his See also:post with universal See also:acceptance until See also:November 1887. He died on the 5th of See also:December 1887, when the See also:title became See also:extinct.

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