homunculus writes:
Or am I making up that Lyell was a supporter of Evolution and used that interest in Evolution to fuel his examinations and inspire his findings?
As you correctly pointed out Lyell's 'Principles of Geology' were completed in 1833 (the first volume of three having come out in 1830). How then was Lyell's findings influenced by Evolution when Darwin hadn't returned from his voyage on the Beagle until 1836, let alone made public his theory until 1858?
But this is something you can answer when you find an appropriate thread on geology.