Cecil Burton Lyon (November 8, 1903 – April 6, 1993) was an American diplomat and career foreign service officer. Lyon was born in

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, and he graduated from Harvard University in 1927. He worked as an investment banker prior to entering the Foreign Service in 1931. On an early assignment, as third secretary in Tokyo, he met Elizabeth Sturgis Grew, daughter of Ambassador

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. They married in 1933 and had two daughters, Alice and Lilla. Alice Lyon played the lead female role of Elaine in the 1964 B-horror film ''

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''. From 1956 to 1958, he served as United States Ambassador to Chile. He served as United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) from 1964 to 1967, during which time he concurrently served as

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from 1965 to 1967.Department of State website
/ref> He died in his home in Hancock, New Hampshire, on April 6, 1993, aged 89, due to pneumonia.

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1903 births 1993 deaths People from Staten Island Ambassadors of the United States to Chile Ambassadors of the United States to the Maldives Ambassadors of the United States to Sri Lanka People from Hancock, New Hampshire Harvard University alumni United States Foreign Service personnel 20th-century American diplomats Deaths from pneumonia in New Hampshire {{US-diplomat-stub