Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell

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Leonard Lyell

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Death: September 15, 1926 (75)
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Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Lyell and Katherine Murray Lyell
Husband of Mary Lyell
Father of Mary Leonora Lyell; Eleanor Katherine Lyell and Charles Henry Lyell, Esq., M.P.
Half brother of Francis Horner Lyell; Arthur Henry Lyell and Rosamond Frances Anne Lyell

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About Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell

Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell Bt (21 October 1850 – 18 September 1926) was a Scottish Liberal politician.

The eldest son of Colonel Henry Lyell and Katherine Horner, 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. He was created a baronet in 1894 and raised to the peerage as 1st Baron Lyell, of Kinnordy, in 1914.

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Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell's Timeline

1850
October 21, 1850
1875
May 18, 1875
Marylebone, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1877
1877
1878
1878
1926
September 15, 1926
Age 75