Leonard Lyell
From Shetland History Online
Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell (b. 21 October 1850, d. 18 September 1926) was a Liberal Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland.
Biography
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.
He was created a baronet in 1894 and raised to the peerage as Baron Lyell of Kinnordy in the County of Forfar, on 4 July 1914. 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.
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| Preceded by Samuel Laing |
Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland 1885-1900 |
Succeeded by Cathcart Wason |
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