Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell

Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell, DL (27 March 1939 – 11 January 2017) was a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords.

The Lord Lyell
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office
12 April 1984 – 25 July 1989
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byThe Earl of Mansfield
(Minister of State)
Succeeded byThe Lord Skelmersdale
Lord-in-waiting
Government Whip
In office
9 May 1979 – 12 April 1984
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byThe Lord Leonard
Succeeded byThe Earl of Caithness
Member of the House of Lords
as a hereditary peer
16 December 1960 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 2nd Baron Lyell
Succeeded bySeat abolished
as an elected hereditary peer
11 November 1999 – 11 January 2017
Election1999
Preceded bySeat established
Succeeded byThe 4th Baron Colgrain
Personal details
Born(1939-03-27)27 March 1939
Died11 January 2017(2017-01-11) (aged 77)
Political partyConservative
Alma materEton College
Christ Church, Oxford
OccupationPolitician

Lord Lyell was the son of Charles Lyell, VC, 2nd Baron Lyell and Sophie Mary Trafford (1916–2012).

He succeeded to the peerage in 1943 at the age of 4 when his father was killed in action during the Second World War and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. On the formation of a Conservative government after the 1979 general election, Lord Lyell was made a House of Lords whip, serving until 1984. He was then moved to the Northern Ireland Office as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State where he remained until he left the government in 1989.

With the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999, Lord Lyell along with almost all other hereditary peers lost his automatic right to sit in the House of Lords. He was however elected as one of the 92 elected hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords pending completion of House of Lords reform.

Lyell was Honorary Patron of Forfar Athletic F.C. and had been a supporter since a young age. He was a regular visitor to Station Park, always sponsoring the last home game of the season.

He died on 11 January 2017.[1] At that time, he was the third longest serving member of the House of Lords, after Lord Carrington and Lord Denham. The barony became extinct on his death.

References edit

  1. ^ "Lord Lyell – UK Parliament".

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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Lyell
1943–2017
Member of the House of Lords
(1960–1999)
Extinct
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New office
Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
under the House of Lords Act 1999
1999–2017
Succeeded by