# David Lyell — The Middle Temple Murder character guide

> David Lyell in The Middle Temple Murder by J. S. Fletcher.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Lyell, Mr. David Lyell

**First appearance:** 0010-xi-mr-aylmore-is-questioned

## Who they are

A friend of the Aylmore family, provides information about Marbury.

## In the story

### [XII: The New Witness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_middle_temple_murder_se/chapters/xii-the-new-witness)

A Scottish traveller and secretary of a Liberal Ward Club, Lyell testifies that he saw Aylmore with John Marbury near Waterloo Bridge and followed them to Middle Temple Lane.

### [XIII: Under Suspicion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_middle_temple_murder_se/chapters/xiii-under-suspicion)

Testifies that he knew Aylmore only as 'Mr. Anderson' and saw him enter the Temple with a man in a grey suit around midnight on June 21st–22nd.

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