Lyon Playfair (1818-98) Alma Mata of St Andrews University.

Lyon Playfair Born on 21 May 1818 at Chunar, India

and was brought up by relatives in Scotland.

In 1835 he became a medical student at

The Andersonian Institution in Glasgow.

Playfair finished his medical studies at Edinburgh but was unable to continue in medicine because of eczema.

In 1848 Playfair was elected a fellow of the Royal Society.

In 1858 Playfair accepted the chair of chemistry at Edinburgh.

In 1868, elected Liberal party Member of Parliament for the

Universities of Edinburgh and St Andrews.

He was knighted in 1883 and in 1892

became 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews.

The Peerage he received Baron of St Andrews

was created on 3 September 1892

for the scientist and Liberal politician Sir Lyon Playfair.