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]
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]
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.
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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]
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]
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.
{{
cite web}}
: CS1 maint: unfit URL (
link)
...first published in 1977.
including Thomas Shepherd's Journal and his coastal views, The NZ Company of 1825.[ permanent dead link]
Digitised 22 July 2009