Daniel Lysons (antiquarian)

Daniel Lysons (1762–1834) was an English antiquarian and topographer, who published, amongst other works, the four-volume Environs of London (1792–96).

[1] While at Putney, Lysons began his survey of the area around London, in which he was encouraged by Horace Walpole, who appointed him as his 'chaplain'.

[2][3] A portrait of Sarah and her sister Charlotte was commissioned to be painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence just before the wedding.

[10] Lysons's major work is The Environs of London, being an Historical Account of the Towns, Villages and Hamlets within twelve miles of that Capital.

Daniel Lysons also contributed views and illustrations to other works and published several pamphlets on religious and historical subjects.