Daniel Lysons (1762–1834) was an
Englishantiquarian and
topographer, who published, amongst other works, the four-volume Environs of London (1792–96). He collaborated on several antiquarian works with his younger brother
Samuel Lysons (1763–1819).
Life
The son of the Reverend Samuel Lysons (1730–1804) and Mary Peach Lysons of
Rodmarton,
Gloucestershire, Lysons studied at
Bath Grammar School and
St Mary Hall,
Oxford, graduating MA in 1785, and followed in his father's footsteps to become a curate in
Putney, west
London from 1789 to 1800.[1] While at Putney, Lysons began his survey of the area around London, in which he was encouraged by
Horace Walpole, who appointed him as his 'chaplain'.[1]
In 1800, he inherited the family estates at
Hempsted, near Gloucester, from his uncle
Daniel Lysons (1727–1800),
First marriage and children
Lysons married Sarah Carteret Hardy (c.1780–1808), the daughter of Lt Col Thomas Carteret Hardy, in
Bath on 12 May 1801.[2][3] A portrait of Sarah and her sister Charlotte was commissioned to be painted by Sir
Thomas Lawrence just before the wedding. Although this picture was begun in 1801, it still was not finished in 1806 when a friend noted its presence in the artist's studio.[4]
In 1813, Lysons married Josepha Catherine Susanna Cooper (c.1781–1868).[10]
Works
Lysons's major work is The Environs of London, being an Historical Account of the Towns, Villages and Hamlets within twelve miles of that Capital. With his brother
Samuel, Lysons began Magna Britannia, being a concise Topographical Account of the several Counties of Great Britain (1806–1822), but after the first six volumes, covering the counties from B to D, Samuel died and the project was discontinued. Daniel Lysons also contributed views and illustrations to other works and published several pamphlets on religious and historical subjects.[11]
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abArmorial of Jersey, James Bertrand Payne, 1859
p222, accessed 11 Mar 2023
^"British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCV-KGJ8 : 18 April 2019), Rev Daniel Lysons, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 18 May 1801, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm, accessed 11 Mar 2023
^"England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975", database, FamilySearch (
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLJL-3VV : 4 February 2023), Daniel Lysons in entry for Daniel Lysons, 1804, accessed 11 Mar 2023
^"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JM74-2JF : 4 February 2023), Daniel Lysons in entry for Samuel Lysons, 1806, accessed 11 Mar 2023
^"England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975", database, FamilySearch (
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQPX-151 : 4 February 2023), Daniel Lysons in entry for Charlotte Lysons, 1807, accessed 11 Mar 2023