[3] Through his second son, Anthony Hungerford Lechmere (1868-1954), Edmund was the father-in-law of Cecily Mary Bridges (1884-1964) whose first husband, William George Lupton (1871-1911) of The Green Estate, Bromyard was, like Edmund, "a strong Conservative and took a keen interest in local (Worcester) politics" and hunting.

[3] Lady Lechmere's father was the son of a wealthy textile merchant with origins in Golcar.

[8] He contested Tewkesbury again in 1874, without success,[8] but in July 1876 he was elected at a by-election as MP for Western Worcestershire.

[13] Lechmere gave an annual prize for history at the Oxford Military College in Cowley from 1876 to 1896.

[14] In 1905, London's Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News highlighted the exploits experienced and many trophies Sir Edmund and Lady Lechmere had won whilst game hunting.