Private Life
Lyon married Gwenlliam Mary Campbell, a member of the Minton pottery family, they had one daughter, Frances Mary Lyon. After his retirement from the Army Lyon settled in Ightfield, Shropshire became a Land Tax Commissioner for the county of Shropshire. He died at Ightfield in 1959 and left an endowment, the Charles Harry Lyon Endowment, managed by the charity Ightfield with Calverhall Village Hall and Playing Field to manage the land and buildings held by the committee, for the villagers, clubs and wider community of Ightfield.
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