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. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 "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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