Lyell is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

traced to

Radulphus de Insula Radulf or Radulph may refer to: *Radulf, King of Thuringia, 7th-century noble, Duke and then King *Radulf II, Duke of Thuringia, 9th century *Radulf of Narbonne, 8th-century Count *Radulf of Besalú (died 920), Count * Radulf (d. 1220), Radulf II, ...

, 11th-century Lord of

Duchal Castle The ruins of the large Quadrangular castle, courtyard style Duchal Castle lie circa 1.5 miles south-west of Kilmacolm in the Inverclyde council area and the Counties of Scotland, historic county of Renfrewshire (historic), Renfrewshire in the wes ...

. "De insula" was subsequently translated into the

Old French Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intelligib ...

"de l'isle" and developed into a number of variants ( eLyell; eLisle; eLyle; see below).

John Lyell John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

in 1706 emigrated to

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

and is the progenitor of the American Lyells. Lyell may refer to:

People

* Henry Lyell (1665-1731), Swedish-born English businessman *

Charles Lyell (botanist) Charles Lyell (1767–1849) was a Scottish botanist, known also as a translator of Dante. Life Lyell was born on 7 March 1767, at Kinnordy, Forfarshire, Scotland. He was the eldest son of Charles Lyell of Kinnordy, Forfarshire, Scotland, and ...

(1767–1849), Scottish botanist :*

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 ...

(1797–1875), British geologist; son of the botanist; 1st Baronet Lyell of Kinnordy :*

Mary Horner Lyell Mary Horner Lyell (9 October 1808 – 24 April 1873) was a conchologist and geologist. She was married to the famed British geologist Charles Lyell and assisted him in his scientific work. She never became widely known in her own right, although ...

(1808–1873), conchologist; wife of the geologist :*

Katharine Murray Lyell Katharine Murray Lyell (1817–1915) was a British botanist, author of an early book on the worldwide distribution of ferns, and editor of volumes of the correspondence of several of the era's notable scientists. Biography Katharine Murray Horn ...

(1817–1915), British botanist and author; sister-in-law of the geologist :::* Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell (1850–1926), Scottish Liberal politician; son of Katharine Murray Lyell ::::* Charles Henry Lyell (1875–1918), Liberal MP; son of Leonard Lyell :::::*

Charles Anthony Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell Captain Charles Antony Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell, VC, 2nd Bt (14 June 1913 – 27 April 1943) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British ...

(1913–1943), Victoria Cross recipient; son of Charles Henry Lyell ::::::*

Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell, DL (27 March 1939 – 11 January 2017) was a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords. Lord Lyell was the son of Charles Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell and Sophie Mary Trafford (1916–2012). He ...

(1939–2017), Conservative member of the House of Lords; son of Charles Anthony Lyell *

Maurice Lyell Sir Maurice Legat Lyell (28 July 1901 – 27 May 1975) was a British barrister and judge, who sat in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice from 1962 to 1971. Life Lyell was born on 28 July 1901 and educated at Glenalmond College ...

(1901 – 1975), lawyer :*

Nicholas Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate Nicholas Walter Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate, PC, QC (6 December 1938 – 30 August 2010) was an English Conservative politician, known for much of his active political career as Sir Nicholas Lyell. Early life Born in London, he was the son ...

(1938–2010), British Conservative politician at the centre of the Matrix Churchill affair, son of Maurice

Places

Lyell Island Lyell Island, known also in the Haida language as Athlii Gwaii,Pacofi Bay Lodge Tour 2
is a lar ...

, in Canada *

Mount Lyell (disambiguation) Mount Lyell may refer to: *Mount Lyell (California), U.S., in Yosemite National Park * Mount Lyell (Tasmania), Australia *Mount Lyell (Western Australia), in the Kimberley region *Mount Lyell (Canada), on the Alberta–British Columbia boundary Se ...

Lyell, New Zealand Lyell is the site of a historic gold mining town in the Buller Gorge in the South Island of New Zealand. It lies on , northeast of Inangahua. Lyell was named by the geologist Julius von Haast after the British geologist Charles Lyell, a friend ...

, a historic gold mining settlement *

Lyells, Virginia Lyells is an unincorporated community in Richmond County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. The Rochester House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal ...

, a crossroads in Richmond County, Virginia * A panorama of

Victoria Crater Victoria is an impact crater on Mars located at 2.05°S, 5.50°W in the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain, lying situated within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet Mars. This crater was first visited by the Mars E ...

, Mars, taken by the Opportunity Rover *

Lyell (lunar crater) Lyell is a lunar impact crater that lies along the eastern edge of the Mare Tranquillitatis, at the northern arm of the bay designated Sinus Concordiae. It was named after Scottish geologist Charles Lyell. To the north along the edge of the luna ...

Lyell (Martian crater) Lyell is a surname of Scotland traced to Radulphus de Insula, 11th-century Lord of Duchal Castle. "De insula" was subsequently translated into the Old French "de l'isle" and developed into a number of variants ( eLyell; eLisle; eLyle; see below ...

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