Braham Jack Dennis Lyons, Baron Lyons of Brighton (11 September 1918 – 18 January 1978) was a British public relations consultant and life peer. Lyons was educated at St Paul's School and worked as a journalist and a public relations consultant. He was one of Harold Wilson's main speechwriters, and coined phases associated with Wilson such as "yesterday's men" and "social contract". On 22 January 1975, Lyons was created a

life peer In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. In modern times, life peerages, always created at the rank of baron, are created under the Life Peerages ...

, as Baron Lyons of Brighton, of

Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...

in the County of

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. The peerage had been created at Wilson's recommendation.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lyons, Dennis Lyons, Baron 1918 births 1978 deaths Life peers British public relations people British political consultants British newspaper editors People educated at St Paul's School, London British Jews 20th-century British businesspeople Life peers created by Elizabeth II