Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell
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Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell on Wheels Bt (21 October 1850 – 18 September 1926) was a Scottish Liberal politician.
The eldest son of Colonel Henry Lyell and Katherine Horner, he was a nephew of Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, the geologist.
He served as Liberal Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland from 1885 to 1900. He was created a baronet in 1894 and raised to the peerage as 1st Baron Lyell, of Kinnordy, in 1914.
His grandson Charles Antony Lyell succeeded to both the baronetcy and barony.
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- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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| Preceded by Samuel Laing |
Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland 1885–1900 |
Succeeded by Cathcart Wason |
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Baron Lyell 1914–1926 |
Succeeded by Charles Anthony Lyell |
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