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 ([de] Lyell; [de] Lisle; [de] Lyle; see below). John Lyell in 1706 emigrated to Virginia and is the progenitor of the American Lyells.
Lyell may refer to:
People (ordered chronologically)
* Charles Lyell (1797âÂÂ1875), British geologist; son of the botanist; 1st Baronet Lyell of Kinnordy
* Mary Horner Lyell (1808âÂÂ1873), conchologist; wife of the geologist
* Katharine Murray Lyell (1817âÂÂ1915), British botanist and author; sister-in-law of the geologist
::* Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell (1850âÂÂ1926), Scottish Liberal politician; son of Katharine Murray Lyell
:::*James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell (1871âÂÂ1948), British solicitor, author, book collector, and bibliographer
:::* Charles Henry Lyell (1875âÂÂ1918), Liberal MP; son of Leonard Lyell
::::* Charles Anthony Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell (1913âÂÂ1943), Victoria Cross recipient; son of Charles Henry Lyell
:::::* Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell (1939âÂÂ2017), Conservative member of the House of Lords; son of Charles Anthony Lyell
* Nicholas Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate (1938âÂÂ2010), British Conservative politician at the centre of the Matrix Churchill affair, son of Maurice
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