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Baron Lyell, of Kinnordy in the County of Forfar, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1914 for the Scottish Liberal politician Sir Leonard Lyell, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet, of Kinnordy in the County of Forfar, in 1894. As his son Charles, a Liberal Member of Parliament, died on 18 October 1918 of pneumonia while serving as Assistant Military Attaché to the USA, he was succeeded by his grandson, the second Baron. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in North Africa during the Second World War. the titles are held by his son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1943. Lord Lyell is one of the ninety-two elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act of 1999, and sits on the Conservative benches. The first Baron Lyell was the nephew of the geologist Sir Charles Lyell, 1st and last Baronet, of Kinnordy. ==Barons Lyell (1914)== *Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell (1850–1926) *Charles Anthony Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell (1913–1943) *Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell (born 1939) There is no heir to the barony or the baronetcy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baron Lyell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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