General Sir Daniel Lysons GCB (1 August 1816 – 29 January 1898) was a British Army general who achieved high office in the 1870s.

The son of Daniel Lysons the topographer, he was educated at Shrewsbury School.

[1] He was shipwrecked on The Premier in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in 1840 and sought help to rescue many of his comrades.

[1] Lysons fought at the Battle of Alma in September 1854 and took command of the 2nd Brigade of the Light Division in October 1855 during the Crimean War.

[1] Lysons was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 10th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps (later 1st Volunteer Battalion, Royal Fusiliers) on 26 June 1880.