Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell
The Lord Lyell | |
|---|---|
 Lyell in 1898 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 8 July 1914 – 18 September 1926 Hereditary peerage | |
| Preceded by | Peerage created |
| Succeeded by | The 2nd Baron Lyell |
| Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland | |
| In office 18 December 1885 – 24 October 1900 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Laing |
| Succeeded by | Cathcart Wason |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 October 1850 |
| Died | 18 September 1926 (aged 75) |
| Political party | Liberal |
Sir Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell, Bt DL (21 October 1850 – 18 September 1926), was a Scottish Liberal politician.
The eldest son of Colonel Henry Lyell and Katharine Murray Lyell, he was a nephew of Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, the geologist.
He served as Liberal Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland from 1885 to 1900, and was commissioned a Deputy Lieutenant for Forfarshire in December 1901.[1]
He was created a baronet in 1894[2] and raised to the peerage as Baron Lyell of Kinnordy in the County of Forfar, on 8 July 1914.[3]
He married Mary Stirling in 1874, and had one son, Charles Henry (1875-1918) and two daughters, Mary Leonora (Nora), born 1877, and Helen (Nelly), born 1878.
His only son Charles Henry Lyell was also a Liberal MP but as he died in 1918 his son Charles Anthony Lyell succeeded to both the baronetcy and barony.
References
- ^ "No. 27387". The London Gazette. 13 December 1901. p. 8840.
- ^ "No. 26479". The London Gazette. 26 January 1894. p. 508.
- ^ "No. 28849". The London Gazette. 14 July 1914. p. 5448.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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