Frederick Lehmann

(Augustus) Frederick Lehmann FRGS (1826 – 22 August 1891) was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1880.

For the American lawyer and statesman, see Frederick William Lehmann.

Lehmann was born in Hamburg, the son of Leo Lehmann of Hamburg.[1] He was the brother of Henri Lehmann and Rudolf Lehmann.

Lehmann stood unsuccessfully for parliament at Middlesex in 1874 and Waterford in 1877. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Evesham at a by-election in July 1880, by a majority of only two votes.[2] A petition was lodged and the result voided.[3] Scrutiny of the votes led to his opponent Frederick Dixon-Hartland being declared the winner in January 1881, with a majority of one vote.[2]

Nina, daughter of Frederick Lehmann (John Everett Millais, 1869)

Lehmann married Nina Chambers, daughter of Dr Robert Chambers of Edinburgh. Their social circle included Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Robert Browning, Lord Leighton, and other prominent figures. Their sons were Rudolf Chambers Lehmann (a Liberal politician), Frederick Hope Lehmann and Ernest Benzon Lehmann. They had one daughter, Nina Frederika Mary Teba Lehmann, who married Sir Guy Theophilus Campbell.

His son Frederick had an affair with the actress Minnie Duncan (whose sister was the much better known actress Emily Mary Duncan). Their two sons Frederic Archibald Duncan (b.1884) and John (Jack) Lehmann Duncan (b.1886) may not have known the identity of their father (who signed the register for their baptisms as 'Frederic Duncan, Gentleman'. Minnie lived in a large house in London (11 Montpelier Square, Knightsbridge) with her two sons and two servants. The 1891 census recorded her as 'Minnie Lehmann,' single. Minnie married Lt Col Hugh Charles Fortescue in 1892.

Frederick Lehmann died in 1891 at the age of 65, leaving an estate valued at £543,098.

References
  1. William Retlaw Williams The Parliamentary History of the County of Worcester
  2. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 124. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff		 Member of Parliament for Evesham
1880 – 1881		 Succeeded by
Frederick Dixon-Hartland


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