Person Playfair; Lyon (1818 - 1898); 1st Baron Playfair; politician and chemist Playfair Lyon politician and chemist 1818 - 1898 British Male Chunar, Bengal, India 21 May 1818 18180521 His residence in Onslow Gardens, London, England 29 May 1898 18980526 Burial: St Andrews, Fife, Scotland

26 Castlenau Villas, Barnes (1847)

Politician and chemist Chemistry Education: St Andrews; Edinburgh University; Giessen. PhD Career: Professor of Chemistry, Royal Instiution, Manchester (1843); Chemist to the Geological Survey of Great Britain (1847); Professor of Chemistry, Edinburgh University (1853-1858); MP for the Universities of Edinburgh and St Andrew's (1868-1865); Privy Councillor (1873); Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons (1880-1883); MP for Leeds (1885-1892); Lord-in-Waiting (1892). Honours: CB 1851; Baron 1892; GCB 1895 Parents: George Playfair (1782–1846), chief inspector-general of hospitals, Bengal, and Janet (d. 1862), daughter of John Ross of Edinburgh. Spouse: Edith Russell (1878). Royal Society roles: VP 1874-1875 Fellow 09/06/1848 30 John Barlow Cuthbert William Johnson William West William Benjamin Carpenter William Spence Charles Wheatstone Baden Powell William Robert Grove John Forbes Samuel Peace Pratt William Buckland William Allen Miller James Thomson Walter Crum Richard Phillips Thomas Graham Thomas Thomson John Peter Boileau William Allen Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1898-1899 vol 64 pp ix-xi signed by A C B References: Margaret Gowing, 'Science, Technology and Education: England in 1870. The Wilkins Lecture, 1976' in NR 1977-8 vol 32 pp 71-90 A Gibson and W V Farrar, 'Robert Angus Smith, FRS, and "Sanitary Science"' in NR 1973-4 vol 28 pp 241-262 Sir Patrick Linstead, 'The Prince Consort, FRS, and the Founding of the Imperial College' in NR 1962 vol 17 pp 15-31 Vanity Fair 20 February 1875 - "Chemistry" by 'Spy' D Carr Agnew, 'Robert Fitzroy and the myth of 'Marsden Square': Transatlantic rivalries in early marine meteorology' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 21-46 Playfair L, IM Maull 003602.jpg ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1941.0013 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Playfair%2C+Lyon RCN 59259 RCN 49377 RCN 35864 RCN 59260 RCN 59262 RCN 59263 RCN 59264 RCN 59261 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH6793 21 May 1818 - 29 May 1898 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 09/10/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA8270 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/59894144 22f4c009-210e-46a7-857b-61ef533c60f0