Lyell Explained

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

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 (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

James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell (1871–1948), British solicitor, author, book collector, and bibliographer

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, Mars, taken by the Opportunity Rover
Lyell (lunar crater)
Lyell (Martian crater)

See also