Sir Anthony Lechmere, 1st Baronet
Sir Anthony Lechmere, 1st Baronet (2 November 1766 – 25 March 1849) was an English banker.
Life[edit]
He was the son of Edmund Lechmere MP and his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. John Whitmore.[1] He matriculated at Merton College, Oxford in 1785 aged 18.[2]
Lechmere was Receiver general for Worcestershire, and a banker.[2] He was created a baronet on 10 December 1818.[3]
On 21 November 1836, Lechmere was awarded compensation of £4089 10s 3d for 286 slaves on the Virgin Islands. His father-in-law Joseph Berwick had a mortgage over the plantation.[4]
Family[edit]
Lechmere married firstly Mary Berwick, daughter of Joseph Berwick, on 15 May 1787. They had the following children:[3]
- an unknown daughter
- an unknown daughter
- Eliza Anne Lechmere (1789–1875)
- Sir Edmund Hungerford Lechmere, 2nd Bt. (25 May 1792–1856)
- Rev. Anthony Berwick Lechmere (1802–1878)
- Emma Catherine Lechmere (1809–1885)
He married secondly Eleanor Villiers, daughter of Bayley Villiers, on 8 September 1823. They had one son:[3]
- William Henry Lechmere (1825–1857)
References[edit]
- ^ Shirley, Evelyn Philip (1883). Hanley and the House of Lechmere. pp. 58–61. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b c "Sir Anthony Lechmere, 1st Bt". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Virgin Islands 256". UCL: Legacies of British Slave-ownership. Retrieved 1 February 2020.