Lyell
Lyell is a surname of Scotland traced to Radulphus de Insula, 11th-century Lord of Duchal. "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
- 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 (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 (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
- Nicholas Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate (1938–2010), British Conservative politician at the centre of the Matrix Churchill affair
- Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell (1939–), Conservative member of the House of Lords; son of Charles Anthony Lyell
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, Mars, taken by the Opportunity Rover
- Lyell (lunar crater)
- Lyell (Martian crater)
See also
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