Lyell is a surname of

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...

traced to Radulphus de Insula, 11th-century Lord of Duchal Castle. "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 intellig ...

"de l'isle" and developed into a number of variants ( eLyell; eLisle; eLyle; see below). John Lyell 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) (1767–1849), Scottish botanist :* Charles Lyell (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 (1913–1943), Victoria Cross recipient; son of Charles Henry Lyell ::::::* Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell (1939–2017), Conservative member of the House of Lords; son of Charles Anthony Lyell * Maurice Lyell (1901 – 1975), lawyer :* Nicholas Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate (1938–2010), British Conservative politician at the centre of the Matrix Churchill affair, son of Maurice

Places

* Lyell Island, in Canada * Mount Lyell (disambiguation) * Lyell, New Zealand, a historic gold mining settlement * Lyells, Virginia, 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 ...

, 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 lu ...

* Lyell (Martian crater)

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