Charles Lyell (disambiguation)
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Charles Lyell may refer to:
- Charles Lyell (botanist) (1767–1849), Scottish botanist
- Charles LyellCharles LyellSir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, Kt FRS was a British lawyer and the foremost geologist of his day. He is best known as the author of Principles of Geology, which popularised James Hutton's concepts of uniformitarianism – the idea that the earth was shaped by slow-moving forces still in operation...
, 1st Baronet (1797–1875), geologist and populariser of uniformitarianism, son of the botanist - Charles Henry LyellCharles Henry LyellThe Hon. Charles Henry Lyell was a British politician and Liberal Member of Parliament who died in the First World War.He was born in 1875, the only son of Leonard Lyell, and was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford...
(1875–1918), Liberal MP - Charles Anthony Lyell, 2nd Baron LyellCharles Anthony Lyell, 2nd Baron LyellCharles Antony Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell VC was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1913–1943), Victoria Cross recipient, son of the Liberal MP - Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron LyellCharles Lyell, 3rd Baron LyellCharles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell is a British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords.Lord Lyell is the son of Charles Anthony Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell and Sophie Mary Trafford. He succeeded to the peerage in 1943 at the age of 4 when his father was killed in action during the Second...
(1939–), Conservative member of the House of Lords, son of the 2nd Baron