Charles Henry Lyell

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Charles Henry Lyell

Charles Henry Lyell JP ( May 18, 1875 - October 18, 1918 ) was a Scottish politician.

Life

Lyell was born in 1875 to Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell and his wife Mary Stirling . He attended Eton College and New College at Oxford University . On May 18, 1911, he married Rosalind Margaret Watney . Lyell served as Justice of the Peace for Forfarshire . He pursued a military career and rose to the rank of major in the Fife Royal Garrison Artillery .

Political career

Lyell's father already pursued a political career. As a member of the Liberal Party , he represented the constituency of Orkney and Shetland in the House of Commons for several terms . When the conservative Humphrey Sturt inherited the title of Baron Alington in 1904 and moved into the House of Lords, the latter gave back the mandate of the constituency of East Dorset , which he had represented in the British House of Commons since 1891. With the by-elections due, Lyell ran for the Liberal Party for the mandate. He ran against the conservative Charles van Raalte . On election day Lyell received 53.7% of the vote and subsequently moved into the British House of Commons for the first time. In the following general election in 1906 , Lyell defended his mandate against van Raalte with a difference of only 21 votes. To the following elections in January 1910 Lyell went to in the constituency of Edinburgh West . However, he could not prevail against the Liberal Unionist James Avon Clyde and initially resigned from the British House of Commons. Frederick Guest held the East Dorset mandate for the Liberal Party.

Arthur Dewar was named Senator of the College of Justice in 1910. As a result, he gave the lower house mandate of the constituency of Edinburgh South back. To the necessary by-elections in this constituency Lyell stood against the Liberal Unionist Ralph Glyn . He clearly prevailed against Glyn and received another House of Commons mandate. In the following general election in December 1910 , he held the mandate against the Conservative Charles Murray . 1911 Lyell was used as Parliamentary Private Secretary of the Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith used. In 1917 he returned his mandate and served as an assistant to the military attaché in the United States . He died in service in 1918 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Charles Henry Lyell on thepeerage.com , accessed April 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b Debrett’s Guide to the House of Commons 1916, p. 100.
  3. ^ Liberal Year Book 1906, p. 199.
  4. ^ FWS Craig: British Parliamentary Election Results , Politico's Publishing, 1974, p. 263. ISBN 978-0-9001-7827-6
  5. ↑ a b c Debrett’s Guide to the House of Commons 1916, p. 210.
  6. ^ Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons 1916, p. 206.
  7. ^ Information from the Commonwealth War Grave Commission

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personal data
SURNAME Lyell, Charles Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1875
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1918