Sir Lionel Darell, 1st Baronet

Sir Lionel Darell, 1st Baronet (25 September 1742 – 30 October 1803) was an English politician and East India Company official.

Early life Darell was born on 25 September 1742 at Lisbon, Portugal. He was the eldest son of Lionel Darell of Bedford Row, Holborn, and Honoria Hardwick.

His paternal grandparents were Edward Darell and Sabina Hall (a daughter of the Rev. Richard Hall, Rector at Philleigh, Cornwall). His maternal grandfather was Humphrey Hardwick, a merchant who served as Vice-Consul at Lisbon, Portugal. He made an unsuccessful attempt to as a Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis from 1780 to 1784 and Hedon from 1784 to 1802.

From 1775 to 1795, he lived in a Georgian townhouse at 69 Dean Street, Soho, London, built between 1732 and 1735 on the former Pitt estate. Today, it is the home of the Gargoyle Club.

He was created a baronet of Richmond Hill in the County of Surrey, in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 12 May 1795.

Clarissa Darell (d. 1812), who married Capt. James Sharpe in 1807.

After a few days' illness, Sir Lionel died on 30 October 1803.

Descendants Through his son Harry, he was a grandfather of Sir Harry Darell, 3rd Baronet (1814–1853) and the Rev. Sir William Darell, 4th Baronet (1817–1883).