Individual Details

Sir Leonard Lyell Bt

(21 Oct 1850 - 18 Sep 1926)

Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell
(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 4 July 1914.[3]
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.

Events

Birth21 Oct 1850Marylebone, London
Census1851Marylebone, London
Census186113 Queens Rd West, Regents Park, St Pancras, London
Marriage4 Jul 1874Mary Stirling
Census (family)189148 Eaton Square, Belgrave, London - Mary Stirling
Census1901Kinnordy House, Kirriemuir, Angus
Title (Nobility)4 Jul 1914Baron Lyell of Kinnordy
Death18 Sep 1926Kinnordy House, Kirriemuir, Angus
Burial22 Sep 1926Kirriemuir Cemetery, Kirriemuir, Angus

Families

SpouseMary Stirling (1845 - 1929)
ChildCharles Henry Lyell (1875 - 1918)
ChildMary Leonora "Nora" Lyell (1877 - 1916)
ChildEleanor Katharine "Nellie" Lyell (1878 - 1963)
FatherHenry Lyell (1804 - 1875)
MotherKatharine Murray Horner (1817 - 1915)
SiblingRosamond Frances Anne Lyell (1856 - 1904)
SiblingArthur Henry Lyell (1853 - 1925)
SiblingFrancis Horner Lyell (1852 - 1934)