- Nicholas Lechmere, 1st Baron Lechmere
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Nicholas Lechmere, 1st Baron Lechmere (5 August 1675 – 18 June 1727) was an English lawyer and politician who served as Attorney-General and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
He was educated at Merton College, Oxford, and was called to the bar as a member of Middle Temple in 1698. He took silk in 1708.
He entered Parliament in 1708 as Member for Appleby, and subsequently also represented Cockermouth and Tewkesbury. In 1714 he was appointed Solicitor-General. In 1718, he was appointed Attorney-General and also became a Privy Counsellor and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. On 4 September 1721, having ceased to be attorney-general, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lechmere of Evesham in the County of Worcester.
He married Lady Elizabeth Howard, daughter of The Earl of Carlisle, but they had no children and his title became extinct on his death in 1727.
Lechmere was also a collaborator with Richard Steele on his pamphlet The Crisis.
References
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- Burke's Extinct Peerage (London: Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, 1831)
- Concise Dictionary of National Biography (1930)
Parliament of Great Britain Preceded by
James Grahme
William HarveyMember of Parliament for Appleby
with Edward Duncombe
1708–1710Succeeded by
Edward Duncombe
Thomas LutwychePreceded by
James Stanhope
Albemarle BertieMember of Parliament for Cockermouth
with James Stanhope 1710-1713
Joseph Musgrave 1713-1715
James Stanhope 1715-1717
Sir Thomas Pengelly 1717
1710–1717Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Pengelly
Lord Percy SeymourPreceded by
William Dowdeswell
Anthony LechmereMember of Parliament for Tewkesbury
with William Dowdeswell
1717–1721Succeeded by
William Dowdeswell
The Viscount GagePeerage of Great Britain Preceded by
New creationBaron Lechmere
1721-1727Succeeded by
ExtinctPolitical offices Preceded by
Sir Robert RaymondSolicitor-General
1714-1715Succeeded by
John Fortescue AlandPreceded by
Sir Edward NortheyAttorney-General
1718-1720Succeeded by
Sir Robert RaymondPreceded by
The Earl of ScarbroughChancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1718-1727Succeeded by
The Duke of RutlandCategories:- 1675 births
- 1727 deaths
- Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
- Barons in the Peerage of Great Britain
- Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Solicitors General for England and Wales
- Attorneys General for England and Wales
- British MPs 1708–1710
- British MPs 1710–1713
- British MPs 1713–1715
- British MPs 1715–1722
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