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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 174 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EARL RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS LYONS (1817–1887)  ,
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British diplomatist, son of the preceding, was born at
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Lymington on the 26th of
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April 1817 . He entered the
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diplomatic service, and in 1859–1864 was British minister at Washington, where, after the outbreak of the
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Civil War, the extremely important negotiations connected with the arrest of the Confederate envoys on board the British
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mail-steamer "Trent" devolved upon him . After a brief service at Constantinople, he succeeded Lord Cowley at the Paris
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embassy in 1867 . In the war of 187o he used his best efforts as a mediator, and accompanied the provisional government to
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Tours . He continued to hold his
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post with universal acceptance until November 1887 . He died on the 5th of December 1887, when the title became
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extinct .

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