(Augustus) Frederick Lehmann (1826 – 22 August 1891) was a British businessman and

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politician who sat in the

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in 1880. Lehmann was born in Hamburg, the son of Leo Lehmann of Hamburg. He was the brother of

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and Rudolf Lehmann. Lehmann stood unsuccessfully for parliament at

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in 1874 and

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in 1877. He was elected as the

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(MP) for

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at a by-election in July 1880, by a majority of only two votes. A

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was lodged and the result voided. Scrutiny of the votes led to his opponent Frederick Dixon-Hartland being declared the winner in January 1881, with a majority of one vote. Lehmann married Nina Chambers, daughter of Dr Robert Chambers of Edinburgh. Their social circle included

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, and other prominent figures. Their sons were

Rudolf Chambers Lehmann Rudolph Chambers "R.C." Lehmann (3 January 1856 – 22 January 1929) was an English writer and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1910. As a writer he was best known for three decades in which he was a major c ...

(a Liberal politician), Frederick Hope Lehmann and Ernest Benzon Lehmann. They had one daughter, Nina Frederika Mary Teba Lehmann, who married Sir Guy Theophilus Campbell. His son Frederick had an affair with the actress Minnie Duncan (whose sister was the better known actress Emily Mary Duncan). Their two sons Frederic Archibald Duncan (b.1884) and John (Jack) Lehmann Duncan (b.1886) may not have known the identity of their father (who signed the register for their baptisms as 'Frederic Duncan, Gentleman'. Minnie lived in a large house in London (11 Montpelier Square, Knightsbridge) with her two sons and two servants. The 1891 census recorded her as 'Minnie Lehmann,' single. Minnie married Lt Col Hugh Charles Fortescue in 1892. Frederick Lehmann died in 1891 at the age of 65, leaving an estate valued at £543,098.

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* * 1826 births 1891 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1880–1885 Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society People from Hamburg {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub