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Nicholas Walter Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate, PC, QC was an English Conservative politician, known for much of his active political career as Sir Nicholas Lyell.
Baron Rayleigh is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The family seat is Terling Place, Essex.
Baron Nunburnholme, of the City of Kingston-upon-Hull, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1906 for the former Liberal Member of Parliament for Hull and Hull West, Charles Wilson. His son, the second Baron, also represented Hull West in Parliament as a Liberal and served as Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire between 1908 and 1924. The title descended from father to son until the death of the second Baron's grandson, the fourth Baron, in 1999. The late Baron was succeeded by his younger brother, the fifth Baron. As of 2014 the title is held by the latter's son, the sixth Baron, who succeeded in 2000.
Baron Monkswell, of Monkswell in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1885 for the lawyer and Liberal politician Sir Robert Collier. His eldest son, the second Baron, served as Under-Secretary of State for War in 1895 in the Liberal administration of Lord Rosebery. His grandson, the fourth Baron, disclaimed the peerage on 7 April 1964. He had earlier been a member of the Essex County Council. As of 2010 the title is held by his eldest son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 1984. He was pre,viously a member of the Manchester City Council for the Labour Party.
Baron Lyell, of Kinnordy in the County of Forfar, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1914 for the Scottish Liberal politician Sir Leonard Lyell, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet, of Kinnordy in the County of Forfar, in 1894. As his son Charles, a Liberal Member of Parliament, died on 18 October 1918 of pneumonia while serving as Assistant Military Attaché to the USA, he was succeeded by his grandson, the second Baron. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in North Africa during the Second World War. He was succeeded in the titles by his son, the third Baron, in 1943. He was one of the ninety-two elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sat on the Conservative benches. The titles became extinct on his death in 2017.
Charles Turner may refer to:
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. John Lyell in 1706 emigrated to Virginia and is the progenitor of the American Lyells.
'Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell, Bt’ was a Scottish Liberal politician.
Buxton is a surname of Anglo-Saxon, or Scottish-Gaelic origin, and may refer to
Pease, in Middle English, was a noun referring to the vegetable pea; see that article for its etymology. The word survives into modern English in pease pudding.
Charles Clarke is a former British Member of Parliament.
Charles Kerr may refer to:
There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Lyell family, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extinct.
Charles Henry Lyell was a British politician and Liberal Member of Parliament who died in the First World War.
Charles Lyle may refer to:
The East Dorset by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
Kinnordy House is an estate house near Kirriemuir in Angus, Scotland. The first house was built in the 1680s, when Inverquharity Castle was vacated; however, the current three-storey, towered and turreted structure dates from 1881, incorporating an 18th-century wing and stables. The house was the birthplace of the noted geologist Charles Lyell, and is associated with his friend Charles Darwin.
