Henry Lyell

{{Short description|Businessman}}

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Henry Lyell (1665–1731) was a businessman born in Sweden who settled in London.{{cite web |title=Henry Lyell (1665–1731) |url=https://www.leijel.se/index.php/en/8-english/43-henry-and-baltzar |website=www.leijel.se |publisher=Leijel.se |accessdate=26 December 2019}} He was a director of the East India Company from 1710–1730 and served as Deputy Chairman of the company 1716–18, then as Chairman, 1718–1719,{{cite book |last1=Pierre Daniel Huet |title=The History of the Commerce and Navigation of the Ancients. ... Made English from the Paris Edition |date=1717 |publisher=B. Linot |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l69jAAAAcAAJ&q=Henry+Lyell+%22East+India+Company%22+deputy+chairman&pg=PR3 |language=en|author1-link=Pierre Daniel Huet }} 1721–22, Deputy Chair again from 1725–26 and Chair again 1726–27.* C.H. & D. Philips, "Alphabetical List of Directors of the East India Company from 1758 to 1858". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society October 1941

Henry was the son of Henrik Patriksson Lyell (1627–1710) from Arbroath, Scotland and Judith Rokes (1647–1705) from Lübeck.{{cite web |title=Henryk Leijel (1627–1710) |url=https://www.leijel.se/index.php/en/8-english/50-henrik-leijel-1627-1710 |website=www.leijel.se |publisher=leijel.se |accessdate=26 December 2019}}