James Carmichael Lyell
1843–1922
Jute spinner and pigeon fancier. Son of David Lyell, general practitioner, of Dundee. Married Kate Harriette Latham (1850–1934) in Calcutta in 1870. Ran a jute-spinning business in Monifieth, Angus, Scotland, at first with his brother Charles (1845–1912), 1873/4–1900. Of Monifieth House in 1881, 1891. Retired by 1901; living in London, 1911. Wrote on pigeon-fancying.
Sources
BMD (Birth index, Death index)
Census returns of England and Wales 1901 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG13/594/27/28), 1911 (RG14/136)
Census returns of Scotland 1861 (The National Archives of Scotland: Dundee 7/30), 1881 (Monifieth 10/5), 1891 (Monifieth 9/24)
Dundee directory 1874–1900
India, select marriages, 1792–1948 (Ancestry.com, accessed 11 June 2019)
letter from J. C. Lyell, 25 April 1881
Scotland old parish registers births 282/190/139 and 282/190/217 Dundee (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 11 June 2019)
Scotland statutory deaths 274/59 Barry (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 1 June 2021)
Bibliography
BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.
Dundee directory: The Dundee directory. Dundee: Colville & Son [and others]. 1809–1912.
