Nicholas Lechmere, 1st Baron Lechmere

[1] He made a profitable career as a lawyer, where he followed the profession of his grandfather Sir Nicholas Lechmere.

He opposed the Tory ministry's peace policy after 1710 and supported Dissenters’ rights.

In 1718, he was appointed Attorney-General and also became a Privy Counsellor and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

[3] 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 and vacated his seat in the House of Commons.

[5] Lechmere died from a sudden attack of apoplexy, while seated at table, at Campden House, Kensington, on 18 June 1727, and was buried at Hanley Castle, where there is a tablet inscribed to his memory.