Daniel & Samuel Lysons

Daniel and Samuel Lysons were the sons of the Rev. Samuel Lysons (1730-1804) and Mary Peach Lysons of Gloucestershire, England. Daniel Lysons (1762-1834) graduated from Oxford, and served as the curate of Putney (London, England) from 1789 to 1800. He was a noteworthy antiquary and topographer, and published Environs of London in four volumes from 1792 to 1796. After attending Bath grammar school and St. Mary Hall, Oxford, Lysons became, in 1790, curate of Putney, where he began work on The Environs. Horace Walpole, ever the bustling antiquarian, encouraged Lysons and appointed him his personal chaplain. The work is dedicated to Walpole. 5 volumes, 4to In 1800, he inherited the family estates at Gloucestershire from his uncle, and the following year married Sarah Hardy (ca. 1780-1808). In 1813, he married Josepha Catherine Susanna Cooper (ca. 1781-1868). Daniel's younger brother Samuel Lysons (1763-1819) began studying law in Bath in 1780, where he first befriended Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741-1821) in January of 1784. He later courted two of Mrs. Piozzi's daughters, unsuccessfully. He relocated to London, was called to the bar in 1798, then served as Keeper of the Records in London from 1803 until his death in 1819. Samuel was also an engraver and antiquary, serving as director of the Society of Antiquaries from 1798 to 1809. He illustrated his brother's Environs of London, and the two collaborated on Magna Britannia, Being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain, published in several volumes from 1806 to 1822. The work was cut short by Samuel's death in 1819.

 

D E R B Y S H I R E. . . List of plates   l. Map of Derbyshire II. Entrance of the great Cavern at Castleton III. Rocks in Middleton-Dale IV. Group of Rocks called Mock Beggar-Hall V. Roman altar found near Haddon, and inscriptions on Roman pigs of lead VI. View of the Crypt under the Chancel of Repton Church CCXIX VII. Plan and Section of the Crypt under the 'chancel of Repton Church VIII. Elevation of part of the Nave of Melbourne Church IX. Plan of Steetly Church X. South-west View of Steetly Church XI. Northeast View of Steetly Church XII. Section of Steetly Church from East to W est XIII. Transverse Section of Steetly Church XIV. South Doorway of Steetly Church XV. Capitals, &c. in Steetly Church, on an enlarged Scale XVI. Elevation of the South Side of the Chancel of Sandiacre Church XVII. Elevation of the West Side of the Tower or All Saints Church, Derby XVIII. Specimens of painted Glass in the Chancel Windows of Norbury Church XIX. Stone Stalls in the Chancel of Sandiacre Church XX. Stone Stalls in the Chancel of Dronfield Church XXI. Ancient Sepulchral Monuments in Repton Church-yard, and Brampton and Darley Churches XXII. Ancient Sepulchral Monument in Scarclifle Church XXIII. Monument of' Sir Godfrey Foljambe and his lady, in, Bakewell church XXIV. Monument of' a Knight of the Fitzherbert family, and his Lady, in Norbury Church XXV. Ancient Cross in Bakewell Church-yard . XXVI. Ancient Cross in Eyam Churchyard XXVII. Elevation of an Ancient Brick Tower. at Repton. and Plan of the Entrance and adjoining Offices of Haddon. Hall XXVIII. Plan of Ground-floor of Haddon HaIl XXIX. Plan of the First-Floor of Haddon Hall XXX. Southeast View of Haddon. Hall, XXXI. North.west View of Haddon.Hall XXXII. Part of the Lower Court of Haddon. Hall XXXIII. View of the Upper Court of Haddon Hall XXXIV. View of Hardwick Hall XXXV. View of the Eastern Front of Hardwick Hall XXXVI. Plan of the Town of Derby