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

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politician. The eldest son of Colonel Henry Lyell and

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, he was a nephew of Sir

Charles Lyell Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, (14 November 1797 – 22 February 1875) was a Scottish geologist who demonstrated the power of known natural causes in explaining the earth's history. He is best known as the author of ''Principles of Geolo ...

, 1st Baronet, the geologist. He served as Liberal

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for Orkney and Shetland from 1885 to 1900, and was commissioned a Deputy Lieutenant for

Forfarshire Angus ( sco, Angus; gd, Aonghas) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Dundee City and Perth and Kinross. Main industries include agri ...

in December 1901. He was created a

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in 1894 and raised to the peerage as Baron Lyell of Kinnordy in the County of Forfar, on 8 July 1914. 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 Major Charles Henry Lyell (18 May 1875 – 18 October 1918) was a British politician and Liberal Member of Parliament who died in the First World War. Education and private life Lyell was born in 1875, the only son of Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron ...

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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* 1850 births 1926 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Deputy Lieutenants of Forfarshire Scottish Liberal Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Orkney and Shetland UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs who were granted peerages Place of birth missing Barons created by George V {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub