Cecil B. Lyon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Cecil B. Lyon

Diplomat; US Ambassador to Chile, Sri Lanka

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1903

Place of Birth: Staten Island, New York, United States

Date of Death: 06-Apr-1993

Profession: diplomat

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Cecil Burton Lyon (November 8, 1903 – April 6, 1993) was an American diplomat and career foreign service officer. Lyon was born in Staten Island, New York, and he graduated from Harvard University in 1927.
He worked as an investment banker prior to entering the Foreign Service in 1931.From 1956 to 1958, he served as United States Ambassador to Chile.
He served as United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) from 1964 to 1967, during which time he concurrently served as United States Ambassador to the Maldives from 1965 to 1967.He died in his home in Hancock, New Hampshire, on April 6, 1993, aged 89, due to pneumonia.