Nicholas Lyell
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The Right Honourable Sir Nicholas Lyell (born December 6, 1938) is a British politician.
He was Conservative Member of Parliament for North East Bedfordshire, Solicitor-General from 1979 to 1983 under Margaret Thatcher, and Attorney General under John Major from 1992 to 1997. He was originally MP for Hemel Hempstead from 1979, then Mid Bedfordshire from 1983, and moved to North East Bedfordshire at the 1997 election. He stood down at the 2001 election.
On 13 May 2005 it was announced that he would be created a life peer.Template:UK-politician-stub