Sir Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell, Bt DL (21 October 1850 – 18 September 1926), was a Scottish Liberal politician.
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 |
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 edit
- ^ "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.
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