Edmund Lechmere (4 April 1710 – 29 March 1805) was a British politician, MP for

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1734–1747. Lechmere was the son of Anthony Lechmere (1710–1805), and the nephew of

Nicholas Lechmere, 1st Baron Lechmere Nicholas Lechmere, 1st Baron Lechmere (5 August 167518 June 1727) was an English lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 until 1721 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Lechmere. He served as Attorney-General ...

, Attorney General. He was educated by Mr. Vaslett at Fulham, and matriculated at

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in 1728. He served as

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in 1732–33.

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described Lechmere as "a great grazier and a mere country squire". Unlike his father and his uncle, he was a

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, who consistently voted against the Whig government. Lechmere and Sir Herbert Pakington, Bt were elected unopposed for Worcestershire in

1734 Events January– March * January 8 – Salzburgers, Lutherans who were expelled by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salzburg, Austria, in October 1731, set sail for the British Colony of Province of Georgia, Georgia in North America ...

; Lechmere and fellow Tory Edmund Pytts defeated two Whigs in

1741 Events January–March * January 13 – Lanesborough, Massachusetts is created as a township. * February 13 – Sir Robert Walpole, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, popularizes the term "the balance of power" in a spe ...

. Lechmere did not stand in

1747 Events January–March * January 31 – The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital. * February 11 – King George's War: A combined French and Indian force, commanded by Captain Nicolas Antoine II Coul ...

. He died on 29 March 1805, a few days short of his 95th birthday, and was buried at Hanley on 5 April 1805.

Family

Lechmere married firstly, on 12 October 1732, Elizabeth daughter of Sir Blunden Charlton, 3rd Bt. They had two sons: * Nicholas Lechmere (1733–1807), adopted the additional surname Charlton in 1784 * Edmund Lechmere (1747–1798) He married secondly, on 4 June 1765, Elizabeth daughter of Rev. John Whitmore. They had one son: * Sir Anthony Lechmere, 1st Bt. (1766–1849), created a baronet in 1818

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lechmere, Edmund 1710 births 1805 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747 Tory members of the Parliament of Great Britain Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Worcestershire