George Lyall (1779–1853)

George Lyall (1779 – 1 September 1853)[1] was an English merchant and politician, Chairman of the Honourable East India Company for periods 1841–3 and 1844–6.[2]

Life

Lyall was the eldest son of John Lyall, a merchant and shipowner, and his wife Jane Comyn; Alfred Lyall and William Rowe Lyall were brothers.[2][3]

He had a range of other business interests involving shipping.[4] In 1825 he was a director of the New Zealand Company, a venture chaired by the wealthy John George Lambton, Whig MP (and later 1st Earl of Durham), that made the first attempt to colonise New Zealand.[5][6][7]

He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of London from 1833 to 1835 and again from 1841[4] to 1847.[8] He died in Park Crescent, Middlesex, present-day London.[2]

Family

Lyall was married, and with his wife Mary Ann née Edwardes had two sons and two daughters.[2] Their son George Lyall, Jnr was Member of Parliament for Whitehaven.[9] The other son, John Edwardes Lyall, became Advocate-General of Bengal. Their daughter Mary married William Forsyth QC.

References
  1. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 29 October 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Harcourt, Freda. "Lyall, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17235. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. Creffield, C. A. "Lyall, Alfred". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17234. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. "No. 19995". The London Gazette. 2 July 1841. p. 1722.
  5. Adams, Peter (2013). Fatal Necessity: British Intervention in New Zealand, 1830–1847. BWB e-Book. Bridget Williams Books. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-927277-19-5. Retrieved 9 December 2020. ...first published in 1977.
  6. McDonnell, Hilda (2002). "Chapter 3: The New Zealand Company of 1825". The Rosanna Settlers: with Captain Herd on the coast of New Zealand 1826-7. Wellington City Libraries. Retrieved 9 December 2020. including Thomas Shepherd's Journal and his coastal views, The NZ Company of 1825.
  7. Wakefield, Edward Jerningham (1845). Adventure in New Zealand, from 1839 to 1844: With Some Account of the Beginning of the British Colonization of the Islands. John Murray. p. 4. Retrieved 9 December 2020. Digitised 22 July 2009
  8. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 4. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  9. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1893). "Lyall, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 34. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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