Alfred Comyn Lyall
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Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall PC FBA | |
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| Born | 4 January 1835 , UK |
| Died | 10 April 1911 |
Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall , literary historian and poet.
Early life
Alfred Lyall was born in
Indian career
After Eton and Haileybury, Lyall joined the
Lyall's ideas regarding the development and organisation of society in India were developed principally during the time he spent working in the Central Provinces, Berar and Rajputana between 1865 and 1878. He was, in the opinion of Crispin Bates, "one of the more programmatic of nineteenth century writers on Indian history" and his writings on the subject are "somewhat dubious".[3] Another historian, Clive Dewey, believes that
Lyall was generally recognised as one of the most brilliant civilians of his generation; he retired, after a dazzling career, as governor of the United Provinces. Cadres composed exclusively of action men do not produce savants like Lyall; still less do they turn them into heroes.[4]: 13
Awards
Lyall was made a
Literary
His Verses Written in India was published in 1889. He wrote a number of other books on poetry. He wrote also books on Indian history,
A more comprehensive list of his known publications is given below:
- Asiatic Studies, Religious and Social: First Series. London: John Murray. 1882.
- The Rise and Expansion of the British Dominion in India. (John Murray. London, 1893)
- Warren Hastings (English Men of Action Series). (Macmillan & Co. London, 1889)[7]
- Verses Written in India. (Kegan Paul, Trench. London, 1889)
- Asiatic Studies: Religious and Social in India, China & Asia: Second Series. London: John Murray. 1899.[8]
- Tennyson (English Men of Letters series). (Macmillan & Co. London, 1902)
- The Life of the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, 2 vols. (John Murray. London, 1905)
- Etudes sur les moeurs religieuses et socials de l'Extrême-Orient. (French translation of Asiatic Studies, First & Second Series: Fontemoing, Paris. 1907–1908)
- Studies in Literature and History. (published posthumously by John Murray. London, 1915)
Family
Lyall married Cornelia Arnoldina Cloete (c. 1836 – 1913) at Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk on 12 November 1862. They had four children (two sons and two daughters). Their second daughter Mary Evelina (1868–1948) married the Indian civil servant John Ontario Miller (1857–1943).[citation needed] Lyall was also guardian to Malcolm Lyall Darling, who was subsequently knighted.[4]: 13, 102
Lyall's uncles included
References
- ^ According to an inscription in St Agnes’ Church, Freshwater
Inscription in memory of Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall - ^ "Lyall, Sir Alfred Comyn (LL891SA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ISBN 978-0-19-563767-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-82643-254-4.
- ^ "No. 27464". The London Gazette. 12 August 1902. p. 5174.
- ^ "The Coronation Honours". The Times. No. 36804. London. 26 June 1902. p. 5.
- JSTOR 27597463.
- ^ "Review of Asiatic Studies, Religious and Social by Sir A. C. Lyall. First Series—Second Series. 2 vols". The Athenaeum: Journal of Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Music, and the Drama (3746): 213. 12 August 1899.
- ISBN 978-8-17533-018-4.
Further reading
- Durand, Henry Mortimer (1913). Life Of Right Hon. Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons.
External links
- Works by Alfred Comyn Lyall at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Alfred Comyn Lyall at Internet Archive
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