Baron Lyell

Baron Lyell , of Kinnordy in the County of Forfar , was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

Award

The title was created on July 4, 1914 for former MP Sir Leonard Lyell, 1st Baronet . He had already been awarded the subordinate title Baronet , of Kinnordy in the County of Forfar on January 24, 1894 in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom .

The titles expired when his great-grandson Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell died on January 10, 2017.

List of Barons Lyell (1914)

• Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell (1850-1926)
• Charles Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell (1913–1943)
• Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell (1939-2017)

literature

• Charles Kidd (Ed.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 978-099293482-8 .

Web links

• Lyell, Baron (UK, 1914) at Cracroft's Peerage
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page