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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.{{cn|date=February 2017}}

Lyell may refer to:

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People (ordered chronologically)

:* 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

:* Nicholas Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate (1938–2010), British Conservative politician at the centre of the Matrix Churchill affair, son of Maurice

Places

See also

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