Nicholas Lyell

The Right Honourable The Lord Lyell of Markyate PC QC
Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales
In office 2 May 1997 – 19 June 1997
Leader	John Major
Preceded by	John Morris
Succeeded by	Edward Garnier
Attorney General for England and Wales Attorney General for Northern Ireland
In office 10 April 1992 – 2 May 1997
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Patrick Mayhew
Succeeded by	John Morris
Solicitor General for England and Wales
In office 13 June 1987 – 10 April 1992
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher John Major
Preceded by	Patrick Mayhew
Succeeded by	Derek Spencer
Member of Parliament for North East Bedfordshire
In office 1 May 1997 – 14 May 2001
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Alistair Burt
Member of Parliament for Mid Bedfordshire
In office 9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Stephen Hastings
Succeeded by	Jonathan Sayeed
Member of Parliament for Hemel Hempstead
In office 3 May 1979 – 13 May 1983
Preceded by	Robin Corbett
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1938-12-06)6 December 1938 London, England
Died	30 August 2010(2010-08-30) (aged 71) Berkhamsted, England
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

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.