Lyell is a surname of

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th ...

traced to

Radulphus de Insula Radulf or Radulph may refer to: *Radulf, King of Thuringia, 7th-century noble, Duke and then King *Radulf II, Duke of Thuringia, 9th century *Radulf of Narbonne, 8th-century Count *Radulf of Besalú (died 920), Count *Radulf (d. 1220), Radulf II, ...

, 11th-century Lord of

Duchal Castle The ruins of the large courtyard style Duchal Castle lie circa 1.5 miles south-west of Kilmacolm in the Inverclyde council area and the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The castle stands at the bottom of ...

. "De insula" was subsequently translated into the

Old French Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intelligi ...

"de l'isle" and developed into a number of variants ( eLyell; eLisle; eLyle; see below).

John Lyell John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

in 1706 emigrated to

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography an ...

and is the progenitor of the American Lyells. Lyell may refer to:

People

Henry Lyell Henry Lyell (1665–1731) was a businessman born in Sweden who settled in London. He was a director of the East India Company from 1710–1730 and served as Deputy Chairman of the company 1716–18, then as Chairman, 1718–1719, 1721–22, Depu ...

(1665-1731), Swedish-born English businessman *

Charles Lyell (botanist) Charles Lyell (1767–1849) was a Scottish botanist, known also as a translator of Dante. Life Lyell was born on 7 March 1767, at Kinnordy, Forfarshire, Scotland. He was the eldest son of Charles Lyell of Kinnordy, Forfarshire, Scotland, and ...

(1767–1849), Scottish botanist :*

Charles Lyell Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, (14 November 1797 – 22 February 1875) was a Scottish geologist who demonstrated the power of known natural causes in explaining the earth's history. He is best known as the author of '' Principles of Geol ...

(1797–1875), British geologist; son of the botanist; 1st Baronet Lyell of Kinnordy :*

Mary Horner Lyell Mary Horner Lyell (9 October 1808 – 24 April 1873) was a conchologist and geologist. She was married to the famed British geologist Charles Lyell and assisted him in his scientific work. She never became widely known in her own right, although ...

(1808–1873), conchologist; wife of the geologist :*

Katharine Murray Lyell Katharine Murray Lyell (1817–1915) was a British botanist, author of an early book on the worldwide distribution of ferns, and editor of volumes of the correspondence of several of the era's notable scientists. Biography Katharine Murray Horn ...

(1817–1915), British botanist and author; sister-in-law of the geologist :::*

Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell Sir Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell, Bt (21 October 1850 – 18 September 1926), was a Scottish Liberal politician. The eldest son of Colonel Henry Lyell and Katharine Murray Lyell, he was a nephew of Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, the geologi ...

(1850–1926), Scottish Liberal politician; son of Katharine Murray Lyell ::::*

Charles Henry Lyell Major Charles Henry Lyell (18 May 1875 – 18 October 1918) was a British politician and Liberal Member of Parliament who died in the First World War. Education and private life Lyell was born in 1875, the only son of Leonard Lyell, 1st Bar ...

(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 Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell, DL (27 March 1939 – 11 January 2017) was a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords. Lord Lyell was the son of Charles Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell and Sophie Mary Trafford (1916–2012). H ...

(1939–2017), Conservative member of the House of Lords; son of Charles Anthony Lyell *

Maurice Lyell Sir Maurice Legat Lyell (28 July 1901 – 27 May 1975) was a British barrister and judge, who sat in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice from 1962 to 1971. Life Lyell was born on 28 July 1901 and educated at Trinity College, ...

(1901 – 1975), lawyer :*

Nicholas Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate Nicholas Walter Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate, PC, QC (6 December 1938 – 30 August 2010) was an English Conservative politician, known for much of his active political career as Sir Nicholas Lyell. Early life Born in London, he was the son ...

(1938–2010), British Conservative politician at the centre of the Matrix Churchill affair, son of Maurice

Places

Lyell Island Lyell Island, known also in the Haida language as Athlii Gwaii,Pacofi Bay Lodge Tour 2
is a la ...

, in Canada *

Mount Lyell (disambiguation) Mount Lyell may refer to: * Mount Lyell (California), U.S., in Yosemite National Park * Mount Lyell (Tasmania), Australia * Mount Lyell (Western Australia), in the Kimberley region * Mount Lyell (Canada), on the Alberta–British Columbia boundary ...

Lyell, New Zealand Lyell is the site of a historic gold mining town in the Buller Gorge in the South Island of New Zealand. It lies on , northeast of Inangahua. Lyell was named by the geologist Julius von Haast after the British geologist Charles Lyell, a frien ...

, a historic gold mining settlement *

Lyells, Virginia Lyells is an unincorporated community in Richmond County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. The Rochester House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federa ...

, a crossroads in Richmond County, Virginia * A panorama of

Victoria Crater Victoria is an impact crater on Mars located at 2.05°S, 5.50°W in the Meridiani Planum extraterrestrial plain, lying situated within the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle (MC-19) region of the planet Mars. This crater was first visited by the Mars ...

, Mars, taken by the Opportunity Rover *

Lyell (lunar crater) Lyell is a lunar impact crater that lies along the eastern edge of the Mare Tranquillitatis, at the northern arm of the bay designated Sinus Concordiae. It was named after Scottish geologist Charles Lyell. To the north along the edge of the lu ...

Lyell (Martian crater) 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 ( eLyell; eLisle; eLyle; see below). ...

People

Places

See also