Cecil Burton Lyon (1903–1993)

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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: New Hampshire

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Chile)
Appointed: May 10, 1956
Presentation of Credentials: June 15, 1956
Termination of Mission: Left post on February 25, 1958
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.