George Lyons collection 1824

British Naval Exploring Expedition Canada 1824

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Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795-1832

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Sir William Parry's second expedition to the Arctic began in May 1821, on board the HMS Fury and HMS Hecla. Parry and his crew departed from England intending to pass through Hudson Strait and explore the territory to the west of Baffin Island in search of the Northwest Passage. Passing north of Southampton Island, they entered Repulse Bay, then looked for a passage in the bays and inlets west of Foxe Basin, but found nothing. Forced to stop, they wintered close to the coast. The arrival of a gr...

Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857

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Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort: hydrographer of the British Navy and member of the Royal Society, creator of the wind force scale and weather notation coding, and author of Karamania, or, A brief description of the south coast of Asia-Minor and of the remains of antiquity (London, 1817). Beaufort was married twice. His first wife was Alicia Magdalena Wilson (d. 1834). In 1839 he married Honora Edgeworth, the daughter of his long-time friend Richard Lovell Edgeworth and sister of the novelist Maria...

George Francis Lyons

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George Francis Lyon was born in 1795 at Chichester. In 1808, he entered the Navy and was appointed lieutenant in HMS Berwick in 1814, later serving in HMS Albion at the Battle of Algiers and participating in an expedition to North Africa. Promoted commander in 1821, he was placed in command of HMS Hecla on the British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition, 1821-1823 (leader William Edward Parry), sent by the Admiralty in company with HMS Fury to search for a passage along the west coas...

British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition Canada 1821-1823

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Griper (Warship)

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