Sir Anthony Lechmere, 1st Baronet
Sir Anthony Lechmere, 1st Baronet was a British baronet.
Lechmere was the son of Edmund Lechmere and his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. John Whitmore.
He matriculated at Merton College, Oxford in 1785 aged 18.
He was Receiver general for Worcestershire, and a banker.
He was created a baronet on 10 December 1818.
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.Family
Lechmere married firstly Mary Berwick, daughter of Joseph Berwick, on 15 May 1787. They had the following children:
- an unknown daughter
- an unknown daughter
- Eliza Anne Lechmere
- Sir Edmund Hungerford Lechmere, 2nd Bt.
- Rev. Anthony Berwick Lechmere
- Emma Catherine Lechmere
He married secondly Eleanor Villiers, daughter of Bayley Villiers, on 8 September 1823. They had one son:
