William Henry Holmes Lyons PC (Ire) JP DL (31 July 1843 – 27 March 1924) was the High Sheriff of Antrim in 1904.
He was a political leader who fought to maintain the union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
[1] His parents were William Thomas Bristow Lyons JP DL, High Sheriff of Antrim, and Julia Maria, daughter of James Jones of Mount Edward, High Sheriff of Sligo.
He intended to pursue a military career and passed his examinations with distinction, but owing to defective eyesight (he lost an eye playing rackets at Harrow) he was unable to enter the Army.
[5] Mr Lyons married in 1888 a daughter of Geoffrey Evans of Gortmerron House in County Tyrone.