Researching William Lyons
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6664 people with the Lyons surname? In that year Lyons was ranked number 614 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Lyons on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Lyons and the Lyons Family Tree
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Lyons Family Tree Databases
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Some Famous People called William Lyons
William John Lyons
William John Lyons (born 1966, Sheffield), aka John Lyons, is a Reader in Religion and History in the Department of History (Historical Studies) at the University of Bristol. He holds a BA in Biblical Studies (1994), an MA in Biblical Studies (1995), and a PhD in Biblical Studies (1999), all from the University of Sheffield. He was appointed Lecturer in New Testament Studies at the University of Bristol in 2001 and then Senior Lecturer in Biblical Interpretation in 2007.
His main area of research is the reception history of the Bible. His publications include Canon and Exegesis: The Canonical Approach and the Sodom Narrative (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002); New Directions in Qumran Studies: Proceedings from the Bristol Colloquium on the Dead Sea Scrolls, 8-10th September 2003 (London: Continuum, 2005); co-edited with J.G. Campbell and L.K. Pietersen; and The Way the World Ends? The Apocalypse of John in Culture and Ideology (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2009); co-edited with J. Økland.
Lyons has published on the reception of the Bible within the life and work of Johnny Cash, including: the "Cash, Johnny" entry in the Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (2009-), "The Apocalypse of John and Its Mediators, or Why Johnny Cash Wrote a Better Apocalypse than John of Patmos!", and "The Apocalypse According to Johnny Cash: Examining the ‘Effect’ of Revelation on a Contemporary Apocalyptic Writer."
Source: William John Lyons, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWilliam Henry Holmes Lyons
William Henry Holmes Lyons (31 July 1843 – 27 March 1924) was the High Sheriff of Antrim in 1904. He was a political leader who fought to maintain the union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
He was born in Belfast and educated at Harrow School and in France. He intended to pursue a military career and passed his examinations with distinction, but owing to defective eyesight (he lost an eye playing rackets at Harrow) he was unable to enter the Army. Mr Lyons became a prominent Unionist.
He was a member of the Orange Institution and in December 1915, he was promoted to the position of Sovereign Grand Master of the Orange Lodge of Ireland. For fifty years he was a prominent member of the Black Institution. He was also Grand Master of the Imperial Grand Black Chapter of the British Commonwealth.
Mr Lyons was appointed a Privy Councillor in Ireland in 1922.
Mr Lyons married in 1888 a daughter of Geoffrey Evans of Gortmerron House in County Tyrone. He had three daughters and a son who died on 1 November 1918 from influenza contracted in World War I.
According to the Belfast News, a memorial service took place at St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast on 27 March 1924. His death was reported around the British Empire.
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