Justice Maurice Legat Lyell


Nicholas (Nick) Walter Lyell
[CFT #12104]
Born: 1938
mSusanna Mary Fletcherc F/M
mSusanna Mary Fletcherc F/M
mSusanna Mary Fletcherc F/M
m1967Susanna Mary Fletcherc F/MChrist Church, Oxford
4 Marriages



Stowe (Governor; Chairman of Governors, 2001); Christ Church, Oxford (History, MA); College of Law.

Only son of the Hon. Mr Justice Maurice Legat Lyell of Hertfordshire. (Burke's LG, 1952).

With Walter Runciman and Co., 1962-64; called to the Bar, Inner Temple, 1965; Bencher, 1986; in private practice, London (Commercial and Public Law), 1965-86; Recorder of the Crown Court, 1985-86 and 1997-2002; MP (Con), Hemel Hempstead, 1979-83; Beds, Mid-Bedfordshire, 1983-97; NE Bedfordshire, 1997-2001; PPS to Attorney General, 1979-86; Under Secretary of State (Social Security), DHSS, 1986-87; Solicitor General, 1987-92; Knighted 1987; Attorney General, 1992-97; Life Peer, of Markyate co. Hertfordshire 2005; Master, The Salters' Company, 2001; artist (sketches from political life).

Taken from the family records of Robert (Robin) Morley Fletcher (1935-2015)

(Vanessa Griffith - December 2017)



1: 1970 Veronica Rachel Lyellc H/C
2: 1971 Oliver Mark Walter Lyellc W/C
3: 1979 Mary-Kate Lyellc
4: 1981 Alexander Charles Lyellc
4 Children

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