The title Lord Lyle was a

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in the

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created for Sir Robert Lyle of Duchal, a

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knight c. 1452. The title became extinct upon the death of the 4th Lord Lyle c. 1551.

Lords Lyle

Robert Lyle, 1st Lord Lyle Robert Lyle (died 1470) was the First Lord Lyle of Duchal in Renfrewshire. He became a lord around 1438. On July 18, 1452, he witnessed a charter by James II. He took his first seat in Parliament in 1454. In 1464–1465, Lord Lyle was one of ...

(d.c. 1470) *

Robert Lyle, 2nd Lord Lyle Robert Lyle, 2nd Lord Lyle (died 1497) was a Scottish nobleman from Duchal Castle, Kilmacolm, Duchal Castle in Renfrewshire. He was at one point a loyal supporter of James III of Scotland, King James III and served as an ambassador to England in th ...

(d.c. 1492),

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*Robert Lyle, 3rd Lord Lyle (d.c. 1500). According to a biography of the Lords Lyle, "The history of the third Lord Lyle is very scanty, and his life does not seem to have been very eventful."Lyle, Wm., p. 98 * John Lyle, 4th Lord Lyle (d.c. 1551)

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*Balfour Paul, Sir James, ''

The Scots Peerage ''The Scots Peerage'' is a nine-volume book series of the Scottish nobility compiled and edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, published in Edinburgh from 1904 to 1914. The full title is ''The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Rober ...

'' IX vols, Edinburgh 1904

*{{Cite book , last=Lyle , first=Wm. , url=https://archive.org/details/deinsula , title="De Insula" or The Lyles of Renfrewshire , year=1936 Extinct lordships of Parliament, Lyle Lyle