Nicholas Lyell

The Lord Lyell of Markyate
Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales
In office
2 May 1997 – 19 June 1997
LeaderJohn Major
Preceded byJohn Morris
Succeeded byEdward Garnier
Attorney General for England and Wales
Attorney General for Northern Ireland
In office
10 April 1992 – 2 May 1997
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded byPatrick Mayhew
Succeeded byJohn Morris
Solicitor General for England and Wales
In office
13 June 1987 – 10 April 1992
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
John Major
Preceded byPatrick Mayhew
Succeeded byDerek Spencer
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security
In office
10 September 1986 – 13 June 1987
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byJohn Major
Succeeded byMichael Portillo
Member of Parliament
for North East Bedfordshire
In office
1 May 1997 – 14 May 2001
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byAlistair Burt
Member of Parliament
for Mid Bedfordshire
In office
9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997
Preceded byStephen Hastings
Succeeded byJonathan Sayeed
Member of Parliament
for Hemel Hempstead
In office
3 May 1979 – 13 May 1983
Preceded byRobin Corbett
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
27 June 2005 – 30 August 2010
Personal details
Born(1938-12-06)6 December 1938
London, England
Died30 August 2010(2010-08-30) (aged 71)
PartyConservative
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
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Nicholas Walter Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate, PC, QC (6 December 1938 – 30 August 2010) was a British Conservative Party politician, known for much of his active political career as Sir Nicholas Lyell.