Baron Lyttelton

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Arms of Lyttelton: Argent, a chevron between three escallops sable
Arms of Lyttelton with supporters and crest

Baron Lyttelton is a title that has been created once in Peerage of England and twice in Peerage of Great Britain, both times for members of the Lyttelton family. Since 1889 the title has been a subsidiary title of the viscountcy of Cobham.

Barons Lyttelton (1641)

Baron Lyttelton, of Mounslow in the County of Shropshire, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 18 February 1641 for Edward Littleton, Chief Justice of North Wales.[1] On his death the barony became extinct.

History

Main article: Lyttelton family

The Lyttelton barons of Frankley belong to the Frankley and Hagley branch of the extended Littleton/Lyttelton family.

In 1618,

Member of Parliament for Lichfield. On his death the titles passed to his younger brother, the third Baronet, He represented Bewdley in Parliament. He was succeeded by his son, the fourth Baronet. He was Member of Parliament for Worcester and Camelford. Lyttelton married Christian, daughter of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet, and sister of Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, and Hester Grenville, 1st Countess Temple. The viscountcy of Cobham and its junior title the barony of Cobham were created with remainder, failing male issue, to (1) Lord Cobham's eldest sister Hester Grenville (who succeeded as second Viscountess in 1749 and was created Earl Temple
in 1750) and the heirs male of her body and (2) to his third sister Christian, with remainder to the heirs male of her body.

Lyttelton was succeeded by his eldest son, the fifth Baronet, who was a prominent politician. In 1755 he was created Baron Lyttelton, of Frankley in the

Sir Robert Peel and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire. On his death, the titles passed to his son, the fifth Baron. In 1889 he succeeded his distant relative Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
, as eighth Baron and Viscount Cobham, according to the aforementioned special remainder in the letters patent.

Since 1889 the holders of the Lyttelton titles of 1618 and 1794 have chosen to use the style of Viscount Cobham (see there for further history).

Lyttelton baronets, of Frankley (1618)

St John the Baptist Church, Hagley
, memorials to two barons Lyttelton of the 1756 creation

Barons Lyttelton, First creation (1756)

Lyttelton baronets, of Frankley (1618; Reverted) and Barons Westcote (1776)

  • Sir William Henry Lyttelton, 7th Baronet
    (1724–1808) (created Baron Westcote in 1776 and Baron Lyttelton in 1794)

Barons Lyttelton, Second Creation (1794)

For further succession see Viscount Cobham.

Family tree

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Brooks (2004), ODNB
  2. ^ Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1900), Complete Baronetage volume 1 (1611–1625), vol. 1, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 23 February 2019

References

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  • Christopher W. Brooks, 'Littleton, Edward, Baron Littleton (1589–1645)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008
  • Burkes Peerage and Baronetage (1939), s.v. Cobham, Viscount
  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
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