Cecil B. Lyon

{{Short description|American diplomat}}

{{Infobox US Ambassador

| name = Cecil Burton Lyon

| image =

| caption =

| order2 = 34th

| ambassador_from2 = United States

| country2 = Chile

| term_start2 = June 15, 1956

| term_end2 = February 25, 1958

| president2 = Dwight D. Eisenhower

| predecessor2 = Willard L. Beaulac

| successor2 = Walter Howe

| order1 = 8th

| ambassador_from1 = United States

| country1 = Sri Lanka and the Maldives

| term_start1 = Oct 30, 1964

| term_end1 = June 17, 1967

| president1 = Lyndon B. Johnson

| predecessor1 = Frances E. Willis

| successor1 = Andrew V. Corry

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1903|11|8}}

| birth_place = Staten Island

| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|4|6|1903|11|8}}

| death_place = Hancock, New Hampshire

| occupation = diplomat

| education = Harvard University

| nationality =

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}}

Cecil Burton Lyon (November 8, 1903 – April 6, 1993)[http://findingaids.library.georgetown.edu/repositories/15/resources/10045 Georgetown University: Lyon, Cecil B., Papers] 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.{{cite news|last1=Saxon|first1=Wolfgang|title=Cecil B. Lyon, 89, Who Long Served As U.S. Diplomat|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/08/obituaries/cecil-b-lyon-89-who-long-served-as-us-diplomat.html|accessdate=July 6, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=April 8, 1993}} On an early assignment, as third secretary in Tokyo, he met Elizabeth Sturgis Grew, daughter of Ambassador Joseph C. Grew. They married in 1933 and had two daughters, Alice and Lilla.[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/08/obituaries/cecil-b-lyon-89-who-long-served-as-us-diplomat.html Cecil B. Lyon, 89, Who Long Served As U.S. Diplomat] The New York Times, April 8, 1993 Alice Lyon played the lead female role of Elaine in the 1964 B-horror film The Horror of Party Beach.Return to Party Beach: documentary feature on 2018 Blu-ray release of The Horror of Party Beach

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.[https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/lyon-cecil-burton Department of State website]

He died in his home in Hancock, New Hampshire, on April 6, 1993, aged 89, due to pneumonia.