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Robert Lyon (July 6 1829 – 1888) was a judge and politician in the County of Carleton in eastern Ontario. He was mayor of Ottawa in 1867 and a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1871.His father George Lyon was a Scottish captain in the British army who settled in Richmond Ontario. His oldest brother was George Byron Lyon another mayor of Ottawa.He studied law and was called to the bar in 1853. He began practicing law in Ottawa in 1856.