• Nicholas Walter Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate, PC, QC (6 December 1938 – 30 August 2010) was an English Conservative politician, known for much of his...
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  • of Charles Anthony Lyell Maurice Lyell (1901 – 1975), lawyer Nicholas Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate (1938–2010), British Conservative politician at the...
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    general election. It was held from 1983 to 1997 by the Attorney General Nicholas Lyell, who then transferred to the newly created seat of North East Bedfordshire;...
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    for a year in 1994. In 1996 he became the PPS to the Attorney General Nicholas Lyell and in 1997 he was briefly the PPS to the Chancellor of the Duchy of...
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    Gravesend 1974 Tim Brinton Conservative Robin Corbett Hemel Hempstead 1974 Nicholas Lyell Conservative Alan Lee Williams Hornchurch 1974 Robin Squire Conservative...
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    previously represented in parliament by the former Attorney General Nicholas Lyell who had retired. Burt was elected with a majority of 8,577; he was made...
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  • 1993, according to a written answer given by the Attorney General, Nicholas Lyell, on 28 October 1993. In 1994, Atkinson co-authored the book Treason...
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  • October 1974 – 7 April 1979 Preceded by James Allason Succeeded by Nicholas Lyell Personal details Born 22 December 1933 Fremantle, Western Australia...
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    back up the claim that Hess was murdered, and Solicitor General Sir Nicholas Lyell saw no grounds for further investigation. The autopsy results supported...
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    Solicitor General The Lord Falconer of Thoroton Ross Cranston Preceded by Nicholas Lyell Succeeded by The Lord Williams of Mostyn Member of the House of Lords...
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  • Margaret Thatcher John Major Preceded by Michael Havers Succeeded by Sir Nicholas Lyell Solicitor General for England and Wales In office 13 June 1983 – 13...
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    Murdoch and J. B. Priestley, Directed by Val May. Gore-Booth and Sir Nicholas Lyell in Half the Picture, adapted by Richard Norton-Taylor With additional...
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  • at the 1997 general election, having defeated the incumbent MP, Sir Nicholas Lyell, the Attorney General, for the nomination, and held the seat until 2005...
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    1937 by-election The Viscountess Davidson Conservative 1959 James Allason Conservative Oct 1974 Robin Corbett Labour 1979 Nicholas Lyell Conservative...
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    Election Member Party 1997 Nicholas Lyell Conservative 2001 Alistair Burt Conservative 2019 Independent (3 September 2019 - 29 October 2019) 2019 Conservative...
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    British Government's Attorneys General have included Dominic Grieve, Nicholas Lyell, Patrick Mayhew, John Hobson, Reginald Manningham-Buller, Lionel Heald...
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    original on 13 August 2003. Nicholas Watt (2 August 2002). "The rebirth of John". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 April 2020. Nicholas Watt (2 August 2002). "The...
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  • Nott – Secretary of State for Trade and President of the Board of Trade Nicholas Edwards – Secretary of State for Wales January 1981 – Francis Pym succeeded...
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    Anderson, and Stephen Swabey for the Applicant; Timothy J G Pratt, Sir Nicholas Lyell, Christopher Bellamy, Christopher Vajda for the Respondent; as well...
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    investigation eventually proved inconclusive in 1993, when Attorney General Sir Nicholas Lyell decided that proceeding with the investigation would not serve the public...
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    May 1997 Labour Neil Kinnock John Smith Margaret Beckett Tony Blair Nicholas Lyell 2 May 1997 19 June 1997 Conservative John Major Edward Garnier 19 June...
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    Chief Whip in the House of Lords Junior Shadow Ministers Rt Hon. Sir Nicholas Lyell MP — Shadow Attorney General Rt Hon Christopher Prout, Lord Kingsland...
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    James Montagu 1707–1708 Robert Eyre 1708–1710 Sir Robert Raymond 1710–1714 Nicholas Lechmere 1714–1715 John Fortescue Aland 1715–1717 Sir William Thomson 1717–1720...
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    William Inge and Hugo de Louther (1291–1293) John de Mutford (1293–1299) Nicholas de Warwick (1299) John de Cestria (1300–1301) John de Mutford (1301–1308)...
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  • Executive, Jonathan Shephard, with a negotiating team including Lord (Nicholas) Lyell, the former Attorney General; the solicitor and mediator Tony Willis...
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  • office 15 April 1992 – 2 May 1997 Prime Minister John Major Preceded by Nicholas Lyell Succeeded by Lord Falconer of Thoroton Member of Parliament for Brighton...
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  • bench in 1971, and died on 27 May 1975. He was the father of Nicholas Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate, Attorney-General from 1992 to 1997. Drennan, Basil...
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    Marek J. Lorys (NLP) 174 (0.3%)   Nicholas Lyell‡ North East Bedfordshire John Lehal 16,428 (32.6%)   Nicholas Lyell 22,311 (44.3%) Philip Bristow 7,179...
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    (1915–1998), Royal Air Force officer, golfer, author and MP Nicholas Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate (1938–2010), English Conservative politician, Solicitor-General...
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  • general election, when he was succeeded by fellow-Conservative Sir Nicholas Lyell. Hastings quickly established his credentials on the Right of the party...
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