David Robert Lyall CSI (1842 – 4 January 1917) was a British colonial administrator during the late 19th century.
Born at Ochterlony House, Forfarshire, Scotland in 1842, Lyall was educated at Edinburgh Academy.
[1] He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1860, and spent the next twenty years working in Dacca.
In 1889 he served with the expedition to pacify the Lushai hills as the political advisor, receiving the campaign medal and being appointed Companion of the Order of the Star of India.
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