Robert Lyon (January 15, 1810 – March 10, 1858) was an English-born Jewish-American journalist and newspaper editor.
[1] Lyon initially worked as a merchant in London and joined the Maiden Lane Synagogue.
In 1840, upon the marriage of Queen Victoria, he accompanied Baron de Goldsmid to personally present a congratulatory address to her.
Jewish writers like Isaac Mayer Wise were regular contributors to the paper, although it never achieved more than local fame.
[1] Neither of Lyon's papers lasted long after his death, although he laid the groundwork for future Jewish-American papers that appeared by 1880 like The American Israelite, The Jewish Messenger, The Hebrew Leader, The Jewish Record, and The American Hebrew.