– 14 September 1674) was a squire of the King, Sieur de Poinson et Poinsenot and Governor of Guadeloupe from 1664 to 1668 on behalf of the French West India Company.
The Du Lyon family was of the provincial nobility of the sword, with property on the border of Champagne and Burgundy.
[1] His father was René du Lyon, squire, seigneur of Poinson and Poinsenot, a notary of Chaumont.
[2] Claude François Du Lyon was squire, seigneur of Poinson and Poinsonot, maintained of nobility in November 1668 by M. de Caumartin, steward of Champagne.
[2] Claude François Du Lyon was the first governor of Guadeloupe for the French West India Company (Compagnie des Indes Occidentales).
[7] Tracy made Du Lyon provisional governor of Guadeloupe and left for Grenada on 5 November 1664.
[12] De Baas was critical of Du Lyon, but this may be because he consistently claimed that the government of Guadeloupe was independent of that of Martinique.