James Broadwood Lyall
Sir James Broadwood Lyall (1838–1916) KCSI, GCIE. was an administrator in the Indian Civil Service of the British Raj period. Between 1887 and 1892 he was Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab.[1] He was a younger brother of Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall.[2]
He served on the Royal Commission on Opium.[3] Faisalabad, the third largest city in Pakistan was originally named Lyallpur after him.
References
- ↑ The India List and Office List. India Office. 1905. p. 552. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
- ↑ "Lyall, Sir Alfred Comyn James". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34641. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ First report of the Royal Commission on Opium : with Minutes of evidence and appendices. London: HMSO. 1894. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
External links
- "Afghanistan 1878-1880: Sources in the India Office Records". British Library. Retrieved 2011-11-22. - Preserved Lyall papers in the records of the India Office.