Lyell is a

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traced to Radulphus de Insula, 11th-century Lord of

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. "De insula" was subsequently translated into the

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"de l'isle" and developed into a number of variants ( eLyell; eLisle; eLyle; see below). John Lyell in 1706 emigrated to Virginia and is the progenitor of the American Lyells. Lyell may refer to:

People (ordered chronologically)

* Thomas Lyell or Lyel (1300s–1400s), Scottish clergyman * 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 today for his association with Charles ...

(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 as his Interpreter (because of her fluency in French, Ger ...

(1808–1873), conchologist; wife of the geologist :* Katharine Murray Lyell (1817–1915), British botanist and author; sister-in-law of the geologist :::*

Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell (21 October 1850 – 18 September 1926), was a Scottish Liberal politician. The eldest son of Colonel Henry Lyell and Katharine Murray Lyell, he was a nephew of Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, the geologist. H ...

(1850–1926), Scottish Liberal politician; son of Katharine Murray Lyell ::::*

James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell (1871–1948) was a solicitor, author, book collector, and bibliographer. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and at University College London. Career and writing Lyell was admitted solicitor in 1894 eventuall ...

(1871–1948), British solicitor, author, book collector, and bibliographer ::::*

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 Ba ...

(1875–1918), Liberal MP; son of Leonard Lyell :::::*

Charles Anthony Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell Captain Charles Antony Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell, VC (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 and Co ...

(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). H ...

(1939–2017), Conservative member of the House of Lords; son of Charles Anthony Lyell * George Lyell (1866–1951) Australian naturalist *

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 Trinity College, G ...

(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 a British Conservative Party politician, known for much of his active political career as Sir Nicholas Lyell. Early life Born in London, he was t ...

(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 la ...

, 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 S ...

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 frien ...

, a historic gold mining settlement *

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

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; s ...

People (ordered chronologically)

Places

See also