Cecil Burton Lyon (1903–1993)

Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: New Hampshire

1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Chile)
   Appointed: May 10, 1956
   Presentation of Credentials: June 15, 1956
   Termination of Mission: Left post on February 25, 1958
2. Concurrent Appointments
   1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Sri Lanka)
      Appointed: July 31, 1964
      Presentation of Credentials: October 30, 1964
      Termination of Mission: Left post on June 17, 1967
      • Commissioned to Ceylon. Also accredited to Maldives; resident at Colombo.
   2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Maldives)
      Appointed: November 10, 1965
      Presentation of Credentials: April 9, 1966
      Termination of Mission: Left Colombo June 17, 1967
      • Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on January 27, 1966, after confirmation. Commissioned to the Maldive Islands. Also accredited to Sri Lanka; resident at Colombo.