Nicholas Walter Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate
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The Right Honourable The Lord Lyell of Markyate PC QC |
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| Shadow Attorney General | |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 19 June 1997 |
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| Leader | John Major |
| Preceded by | The Lord Morris of Aberavon |
| Succeeded by | Edward Garnier |
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Attorney General for England and Wales Attorney General for Northern Ireland |
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In office 10 April 1992 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Patrick Mayhew |
| Succeeded by | John Morris |
| Solicitor General for England and Wales | |
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In office 13 June 1987 – 10 April 1992 |
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| Prime Minister |
Margaret Thatcher John Major |
| Preceded by | Patrick Mayhew |
| Succeeded by | Derek Spencer |
| Member of Parliament for North East Bedfordshire |
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In office 1 May 1997 – 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Alistair Burt |
| Member of Parliament for Mid Bedfordshire |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Stephen Hastings |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Sayeed |
| Member of Parliament for Hemel Hempstead |
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In office 3 May 1979 – 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Robin Corbett |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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6 December 1938 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 30 August 2010 (aged 71) Berkhamsted, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Nicholas Walter Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate, PC, QC (6 December 1938 – 30 August 2010) was an English Conservative politician, known for much of his active political career as Sir Nicholas Lyell.
Born in London, he was the son of High Court judge Sir Maurice Lyell, and sculptor/designer Veronica Luard, the daughter of Lowes Luard, a contemporary of Augustus John and Walter Sickert. His mother died when he was 11, leaving Lyell and his sister Prue to continue their mother's work to preserve the work of their grandfather.
Educated at Wellesley House School in the coastal town of Broadstairs in Kent and at Stowe School, he was his father's best man when he married the also widowed Kitty, Lady Farrar, younger daughter of Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford. Lyell read modern history at Christ Church, Oxford, where he joined the Bullingdon club, and after National Service with the Royal Artillery trained as a Lawyer.
Lyell trained with the firm associated with his stepmother's family, Walter Runciman and Co, and was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1965. He served his pupillage with Gordon Slynn, and after being part of the team that debated a case over the world's first onion-peeling machine, specialised in commercial and public law.
After unsuccessfully contesting Lambeth Central in October 1974, Lyell was elected Member of Parliament for Hemel Hempstead winning the seat from Labour in 1979, then Mid Bedfordshire from 1983, and moved to North East Bedfordshire at the 1997 election, having been defeated for the nomination by former MP Jonathan Sayeed in the Mid Bedfordshire constituency.
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