Lyon | William Lyon Mackenzie King | Nathaniel Lyon | University of Lyon | Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée | Garry Lyon | Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 | Opéra National de Lyon | Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | Second Council of Lyon | Eucherius of Lyon | Council of Lyon | The Lyon's Den | Nigel Playfair | Lord Lyon King of Arms | William Playfair | Urban Community of Lyon | Judy Playfair | Fort Lyon | First Council of Lyon | Edward Lyon Berthon | Dar Lyon | Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon | Caleb Lyon | Annabel Lyon | 1st arrondissement of Lyon | William P. Lyon | William Lyon Phelps | William Henry Playfair | Thomas Lyon-Bowes, Lord Glamis |
The byelection was held due to the incumbent Liberal MP, Lyon Playfair, becoming Postmaster General.
The German chemist Robert Bunsen, who gave his name to the Bunsen burner in scientific experiments, was brought to Riddings in 1844 by Scottish scientist Professor Lyon Playfair to examine the behaviour of the coke fired blast furnaces.