Lyell, Lady Mary, 1808-1873 (née Horner)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1808 - 1873
Found in 229 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Charles Lyell to Mary Lyell, 22 April 1851 - 9 February 1854
File — Box Box 3.7: Series Coll-203/B7
Identifier: Coll-203/B7/7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A series of letters by Charles Lyell to Miss Mary Horner, his fiancee, later his wife - and also some from Mary to Charles - both before and after their marriage. After originally being married in Bonn, Germany, Charles and Mary were married again at Kirriemuir on the 28th September 1832. The earlier dated letters are voluminous and detailed. Their number lessens over time, due to the Lyell's being together always:
1) 4th August 1831 - 25th October 1831
2) 1st November 1831 -...
Dates:
22 April 1851 - 9 February 1854
Letters from Charles Lyell to Mary Lyell, 30 July 1855 - 20 October 1858
File — Box Box 3.7: Series Coll-203/B7
Identifier: Coll-203/B7/8
Scope and Contents
Letters dated August - September are in a bundle annotated 'Tour of Sicily - Etna'.
Dates:
30 July 1855 - 20 October 1858
Letters from Charles Lyell to Mary Lyell, 4 April 1861 - 13 July 1863
File — Box Box 3.7: Series Coll-203/B7
Identifier: Coll-203/B7/9
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A series of letters by Charles Lyell to Miss Mary Horner, his fiancee, later his wife - and also some from Mary to Charles - both before and after their marriage. After originally being married in Bonn, Germany, Charles and Mary were married again at Kirriemuir on the 28th September 1832. The earlier dated letters are voluminous and detailed. Their number lessens over time, due to the Lyell's being together always:
1) 4th August 1831 - 25th October 1831
2) 1st November 1831 -...
Dates:
4 April 1861 - 13 July 1863
Letters from Charles Lyell to Mary Lyell
File
Identifier: Coll-203/B7/10
Scope and Contents
Undated letters, found in amongst the letters from Charles to his family, and removed to this section:
20 October, written at Cromer . Writes of his trip from Diss and of his return to Mildenhall. Has had a very successful expedition "the weather always threatening but no bad rain". Is with Mr Gunn who has provided much guidance - as well as J Hooker, Rev. Mr. King. Plans for Hoxne tomorrow.
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Dates:
4 August 1831 - 13 July 1863
Letters from Charles Lyell to Mary Lyell, 21 May 1834 - 10 July 1834
File — Box Box 3.7: Series Coll-203/B7
Identifier: Coll-203/B7/5A
Scope and Contents
Written whilst on his field trip to Sweden. These records were originally located along with the correspondence from Charles to his family, and have been separated out and added to this series.
On board ship to Hamburg, published. 21 May 1834
At Copenhagen, published. 28 May 1834.
At Copenhagen, published. 1 June 1834.
Lund in Scandia, published. 5 June...
Dates:
21 May 1834 - 10 July 1834
Letters from Clark, Joseph to Lady Mary Lyell, 7 April 1863
File — Box Box 1.2: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/47
Scope and Contents
Letter to Lady Mary Lyell from J. Clark expressing his surprise and pain at a libelous attack made upon Sir Charles Lyell at the Athenaeum, 7 April 1863. Clark also write to Charles, see folder 148.
Dates:
7 April 1863
Letters from King, Rev. Samuel William to Charles Lyell, 15 June 1862 - February 1872
File — Box Box 1.8: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/155
Scope and Contents
Tower photographs possibly in Cromer. Sketches of flint. Some letters are address to Lady Lyell.
Dates:
15 June 1862 - February 1872
Letters from Lartet, Édouard to Charles Lyell, 6 January 1857 - 7 March 1869
File — Box Box 1.8: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/159
Scope and Contents
Some original ordering is evident and is noted. Lyell summarises the letters as:
1. 'Lartet, Lower Miocene and Upper Eocene, Jan 6, 1857'
2. 'Lartet, queries on Pliocene & part-pliocene mammalia'
3. 'Lartet (3) Rhinoceros leptorhinus rec[ieved]. 16 March 1858'
4. '(1) Lartet - E primigenius found at Rome by Ponzi. E. priscus & E. africanus - nomenclature 1853'
5. '(4) Lartet Sept 6 1859 (Seissan) Elephant africanus foss[il] Rhinoceros of Aymard'
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Dates:
6 January 1857 - 7 March 1869
Letters from McIlvaine, William to Charles Lyell, 8 March 1842 - 1 June 1847
File — Box Box 1.9: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/177
Scope and Contents
Includes two letters to Mary Lyell from McIlvaine from 1846-47. Earliest dated letter is summarised as 'on Hopkins 400m of crust of earth 1846', the other letters are conversational in manner, updating both Lyells [tone assumes both are reading the letters] on local news and associates - summarised as to Charles 'on Holy Innocents', and to Mary on 'Glenroy, Season for Cropping, [Mayall's] Daguerreotype, Calendars, Meteor, Abolitionist, Black Church, Tariff', to Mary, an unsummarised letter,...
Dates:
8 March 1842 - 1 June 1847
Letters from Rogers, Henry Darwin to Charles Lyell, 4 June 1842 - 25 May 1859
File — Box Box 1.11: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/229
Scope and Contents
The correspondence between H.D. Roger and Charles Lyell is mainly concerned with American Geology and the projects of their colleagues. Letters are written at Philadelphia; some are written to Mary Lyell. Lyell or his team, have summarised the letters, either on the envelope, or on the letter itself - usually in the space allocated to the address. Where there is a summary, it has been transcribed here.
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Dates:
4 June 1842 - 25 May 1859