Nicholas Lyell

Sir Nicholas Walter Lyell

Rush ID: 449

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Details

Born:
6 December 1938
Died:
30 August 2010
Birth place:
U.K.
Gender:
Male
Ethnicity:
White
Religion:
Unknown
Aristocratic connections:
false
Formative occupation:
Barrister / Advocate
Election occupation:
Barrister / Advocate
Parentage:
Unknown
Notes:
None
Knighthood/Dame:
True
HighestOffice:
Law Officer
Who's Who volume:
N/A

References

Rush ID:
449
MNIS ID:
Not set
Wikidata Entity ID:
Q334638
Parliament ID:
Not set
Beamish Person ID:
Not set

Name changes

  1. LYELL, Sir Nicholas (1938- )

Peerages

  1. Baron Lyell of Markyate

    Life

    2005

Constituencies

  1. Bedfordshire North East

    Party: Conservative
    Year of election: 1997
    Date of election: 1 May 1997
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: Continuation
    Year of exit: 2001
    Date of exit: 7 June 2001
    Party: Conservative
    Nature of exit: Retirement
    Sponsorship: None known
    Constituency connections: Area
    Notes: None

  2. Bedfordshire Mid

    Party: Conservative
    Year of election: 1983
    Date of election: 9 June 1983
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: Continuation
    Year of exit: 1997
    Date of exit: 1 May 1997
    Party: Conservative
    Nature of exit: Relocation
    Sponsorship: None known
    Constituency connections: Area
    Notes: None

  3. Hemel Hempstead

    Party: Conservative
    Year of election: 1979
    Date of election: 3 May 1979
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First entry
    Year of exit: 1983
    Date of exit: 9 June 1983
    Party: Conservative
    Nature of exit: Boundary revision
    Sponsorship: None known
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Notes: None

Unsuccessful candidate in

  1. Lambeth Central

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1974²
    Date of election: Thu 10th Oct 1974
    Nature of election: General election
    Party: Conservative
    Notes:

Ministerial offices

  1. PPS 1979-1986

    to Att Gen

  2. Under-Secretary 1986-1987

    Department of Health and Social Security

  3. Solicitor-General 1987-1992

  4. Attorney-General 1992-1997

Higher education

  1. Christ Church

    Graduated

Schools

  1. Stowe

Marriages

  1. (Name unknown), unknown

Parties

  1. Conservative Party member

Political organisations

  1. Bow Group member