Sir Edmund Lechmere, 3rd Baronet

Lechmere was the son of Sir Edmund Hungerford Lechmere, 2nd Baronet of Hanley Castle, Worcestershire and his wife Maria Clara Murray, daughter of Hon. David Murray, brother of Alexander Murray, 7th Lord Elibank.The Peerage of the British Empire as at Present Existing, 12th ed., Edmund Lodge, 1843, pg 210 He was educated at Charterhouse School and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1852 he inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father. He was a senior partner in the Worcester Old Bank. In 1862 he was High Sheriff of Worcestershire.[https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1886londuoft#page/94/mode/2up Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886]

Through his second son, Anthony Hungerford Lechmere (1868-1954), Edmund was the father-in-law of Cecily Mary Bridges (1884-1964) whose first husband, William George Lupton (1871-1911) of The Green Estate, Bromyard was, like Edmund, "a strong Conservative and took a keen interest in local (Worcester) politics" and hunting. Like his father, Anthony Hungerford Lechmere enjoyed (fox) hunting. Anthony and Cecily were the parents of Sir Reginald Anthony Hungerford Lechmere, 7th Baronet (1920-2010), a grandson of Sir Edmund Lechmere, 3rd Baronet.[https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1886londuoft#page/94/mode/2up Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886]{{cite news |title=HOUNDS |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=the%20green%20%20%20bromyard%20hounds&county=worcestershire%2c%20england&from=1903&to=1911 |publisher=Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer Worcestershire, England |date=17 Mar 1906 |quote=March 22 C. Ashbury Mortimer Saturday, March 24 Wischcot Tim Nolult liumroansziaz HOUNDS.—At 11.45. Monday, March 19 The Green. Bromyard Thursday, March 22 Saturday, March THE CROOME. Friday, at Pereliore ranee. There were strong winds blowing all day,...}}{{cite news |title=CROOME HUNT RACES |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=anthony%20%20h%20%20lechmere%20%20croome&county=worcestershire%2c%20england&from=1903&to=1934 |access-date=12 September 2024 |publisher=Worcester Daily Times and Journal Worcestershire, England |date=10 April 1912 |quote=...James Faulkner, Colonel Hudson, Mr. A H. Lechmere, Mr. H B. Little, Messrs. F. W. Lane, ...}}{{cite news |title=Tragic Death of Mr. W. G. Lupton, of Bromyard. THE INQUEST: ACCIDENTAL DEATH.|url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=the%20green%20lupton&county=worcestershire%2c%20england&from=1909&to=1915 |access-date=12 September 2024 |publisher=Tenbury Wells Advertiser Worcestershire, England |date=5 September 1911 |quote=The tragic death of Mr. W. G. Lupton, of The Green, Bromyard...death. Mr. Lupton married on May 24th, 1905, Miss Cecily Bridges, daughter of the late Rector of Bredenbury, who survives him. There is one child, a son, two years of age. Mr. Lupton was a strong Conservative, and took a keen interest in local politics...Tenbury Wells Advertiser Worcestershire, England 29 Aug 1911 BROMYARD BROMYARD. DEATH — On Friday morning, Mr. Lupton, of the Green Estate, Bromyard, was found dead in an orchard near his house. Shortly after six o'clock he interviewed his men, and gave instructions to the groom. At nine he was found dead, being shot [accidentally with his own gun]...}}{{cite news |title=Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News London, England |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=the%20green%20lechmere&from=1904&to=1907 |access-date=12 September 2024 |publisher=llustrated Sporting and Dramatic News London, England |date=17 June 1905 |quote=TROPHIES OF A GREAT HUNTER.--SIR EDMUND LECHMERE, BART - ...One night, at Medda, they had news of a lion, and Sir Edmund and Lady Lechmere sat up all night in a small, circular, thorn zareba, to try and shoot it. Lady Lechmere had the mild comfort of a sofa-chair, but her husband passed a miserable night...}}

Lechmere married Louisa Katherine Haigh (1837–1904), only daughter and heiress of John or Joseph Haigh of Whitwell Hall at York, on 30 September 1858. Lady Lechmere's father was the son of a wealthy textile merchant with origins in Golcar. He was born at Spring Grove, Huddersfield in 1805.[http://homepage.eircom.net/~lawedd/TITLESA-L.htm] (See here [http://www.willtranscriptions.co.uk/Notes%20Taken%20From%20Wills/Yorkshire/haigh_1800's.htm] for Haigh's will.)

In March 1866 Lechmere was elected at a by-election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Tewkesbury,{{cite book

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but when the borough's representation was reduced to one seat at the 1868 general election, he was defeated by the Liberal Party candidate William Edwin Price. He contested Tewkesbury again in 1874, without success, but in July 1876 he was elected at a by-election as MP for Western Worcestershire.Craig, Election results 1832–1885, page 487 After the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, he was elected at the 1885 general election as MP for Bewdley.{{cite book

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}} He held the seat until the 1892 general election,{{Rayment-hc|b|3|date=March 2012}} when he was elected as MP for Evesham.Craig, Election results 1885–1918, page 422 He held that seat until his death.{{Rayment-hc|e|2|date=March 2012}}

Lechmere gave an annual prize for history at the Oxford Military College in Cowley from 1876 to 1896.

Lechmere and his wife were among the founders of Venerable Order of St John. They had travelled several times to Jerusalem and were involved in the establishment of The St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital.{{Cite web |url=http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/flarge.php?pic=LDOSJ_1735&page=14&mode=boolean&words=sir&idSearch=boolean&vadscoll=Museum+of+the+Order+of+St+John,+St+John+Ambulance,+London |title=VADS The National Inventory of Continental European Paintings |access-date=7 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726202727/http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/flarge.php?pic=LDOSJ_1735&page=14&mode=boolean&words=sir&idSearch=boolean&vadscoll=Museum+of+the+Order+of+St+John,+St+John+Ambulance,+London |archive-date=26 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}

In 1905, London's Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News highlighted the exploits experienced and many trophies Sir Edmund and Lady Lechmere had won whilst game hunting.{{cite news |title=Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News London, England |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=the%20green%20lechmere&from=1904&to=1907 |access-date=12 September 2024 |publisher=llustrated Sporting and Dramatic News London, England |date=17 June 1905 |quote=TROPHIES OF A GREAT HUNTER.--SIR EDMUND LECHMERE, BART - ...One night, at Medda, they had news of a lion, and Sir Edmund and Lady Lechmere sat up all night in a small, circular, thorn zareba, to try and shoot it. Lady Lechmere had the mild comfort of a sofa-chair, but her husband passed a miserable night...}}

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| title = Member of Parliament for West Worcestershire

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| title = Member of Parliament for Bewdley

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| title = Member of Parliament for Evesham

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| before = Sir Richard Temple, Bt

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