Nicholas Lyell

Nicholas Lyell   (politician)
Born	6 December 1938 London, United Kingdom
Died	30 August 2010 (Age 71) Berkhamsted, United Kingdom
Alma mater	Wellesley House School, Stowe School, Christ Church (Oxford)
Parents	• Maurice Lyell • Veronica Luard
Member of	Bullingdon Club
Party	Conservative
Shadow Attorney General  In office 2 May 1997 - 19 June 1997 Preceded by John Morris  Attorney General for England and Wales  In office 10 April 1992 - 2 May 1997 Preceded by Patrick Mayhew Succeeded by John Morris  Attorney General for Northern Ireland  In office 10 April 1992 - 2 May 1997 Preceded by Patrick Mayhew Succeeded by John Morris  Solicitor General for England and Wales  In office 13 June 1987 - 10 April 1992 Preceded by Patrick Mayhew  Member of Parliament for North East Bedfordshire In office 1 May 1997 - 7 June 2001 Preceded by Michael Bates, Alexander Carlile, Lord Carlile, Paul Channon, Winston Churchill II, Tristan Garel-Jones, Charles Hendry, Alan Howarth, David Howell, Douglas Hurd, Greville Janner, Peter Luff, Nicholas Lyell, Liz Lynne, Michael Portillo, Nicholas Soames, David Steel Succeeded by Paul GoodmanAlistair Burt, Mark Field, Chris Grayling, Charles Hendry, David Miliband, George Osborne, Angus Robertson, Hugo Swire, John Thurso, Shaun Woodward  Member of Parliament for Mid Bedfordshire In office 9 June 1983 - 1 May 1997 Preceded by Shirley SummerskillKenneth Baker, Tony Benn, Winston Churchill II, Gwyneth Dunwoody, Clement Freud, Stephen Hastings, Nicholas Lyell, Fred Mulley, John Nott, Merlyn Rees, William Rodgers, David Waddington Succeeded by Damian Green, Alan Howarth, Bob Laxton, Helen Liddell, Jenny TongeDavid Amess, Alan Clark, Charles Clarke, Yvette Cooper, Ed Davey, Louise Ellman, Lorna Fitzsimons, Mike Hancock, Melanie Johnson, Christopher Leslie, Julian Lewis, Peter Luff, Nicholas Lyell, Fiona Mactaggart, Gillian Merron, Chris Pond, Nicholas Soames, Dave Watts, Shaun Woodward, Phil Woolas  Member of Parliament for Hemel Hempstead In office 3 May 1979 - 9 June 1983 Preceded by Robin Corbett, Michael Stewart, Jeremy Thorpe Succeeded by Richard Caborn, Michael HowardKenneth Baker, Winston Churchill II, Robin Corbett, Gwyneth Dunwoody, Clement Freud, Edward Heath, Alan Howarth, Douglas Hurd, Edward Leigh, Nicholas Lyell, Dave Nellist, Merlyn Rees, Nicholas Soames, David Waddington

Nicholas Walter Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate was an English Conservative politician. Together with William Waldegrave, he was a target of criticism in the Scott Report.

Early life

Born in London, he was the son of Sir Maurice Lyell, a High Court judge, and Veronica Luard, a sculptor and designer whose father, Lowes Dalbiac Luard, had been 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.

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