LECHMERE, Anthony (1674-1720), of Hanley Castle, Worcs.

Constituency Dates
Bewdley 1710 – 20 Dec. 1710
Tewkesbury 1715 – June 1717
Family and Education
b. 17 June 1674,1E. P. Shirley, Hanley and House of Lechmere, 46. 1st s. of Edmund Lechmere of Hanley Castle, Worcs. by Lucy, da. of Anthony Hungerford of Farleigh Castle, Som.; bro. of Nicholas Lechmere. educ. Eton 1690; M. Temple 1693. m. by 1709, Anne, da. of Thomas Foley of Stoke Edith, Herefs., 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1703.
Offices Held

Receiver gen. and cashier of the customs 1717–d.2Cal. Treas. Bks. xxxi. 375.

Address
Main residence: Hanley Castle, Worcs.
biography text

The Lechmeres had been settled at Hanley Castle on the Severn, north of Tewkesbury, since before the time of Edward I.3Nash, Worcs. i. 560; Fosbrooke, Glos. ii. 254. ‘Honest ingenious’ Anthony Lechmere was classed as a Whig in 1715, when he was re-elected unopposed on his family’s interest, but his only recorded vote was against the septennial bill. In June 1717 he was appointed to office to vacate a seat for his younger brother Nicholas Lechmere. He died of apoplexy 8 Feb. 1720.4Shirley, 54.

Author
S.R.M.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Notes
  • 1. E. P. Shirley, Hanley and House of Lechmere, 46.
  • 2. Cal. Treas. Bks. xxxi. 375.
  • 3. Nash, Worcs. i. 560; Fosbrooke, Glos. ii. 254.
  • 4. Shirley, 54.