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.
(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
| Birth | 21 Oct 1850 | Marylebone, London | |||
| Census | 1851 | Marylebone, London | |||
| Census | 1861 | 13 Queens Rd West, Regents Park, St Pancras, London | |||
| Marriage | 4 Jul 1874 | Mary Stirling | |||
| Census (family) | 1891 | 48 Eaton Square, Belgrave, London - Mary Stirling | |||
| Census | 1901 | Kinnordy House, Kirriemuir, Angus | |||
| Title (Nobility) | 4 Jul 1914 | Baron Lyell of Kinnordy | |||
| Death | 18 Sep 1926 | Kinnordy House, Kirriemuir, Angus | |||
| Burial | 22 Sep 1926 | Kirriemuir Cemetery, Kirriemuir, Angus |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Stirling (1845 - 1929) |
| Child | Charles Henry Lyell (1875 - 1918) |
| Child | Mary Leonora "Nora" Lyell (1877 - 1916) |
| Child | Eleanor Katharine "Nellie" Lyell (1878 - 1963) |
| Father | Henry Lyell (1804 - 1875) |
| Mother | Katharine Murray Horner (1817 - 1915) |
| Sibling | Rosamond Frances Anne Lyell (1856 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Arthur Henry Lyell (1853 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Francis Horner Lyell (1852 - 1934) |