George Lyall (1819–1881) Explained

George Lyall
Office:	Member of Parliament for Whitehaven
Term Start:	17 December 1857
Term End:	11 July 1865
Predecessor:	Robert Hildyard
Successor:	George Cavendish-Bentinck
Birth Date:	1819
Nationality:	British
Party:	Conservative

George Lyall (1819 – 12 October 1881)^[1] was a British Conservative politician.

Lyall was first elected Conservative MP for Whitehaven at a by-election in 1857—caused by the death of Robert Hildyard—and held the seat until 1865 when he stood down.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 22 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180722125159/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons3.htm . 22 July 2018 . usurped . 13 June 2017 .
2. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. e-book . 282–283.