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LYTTELTON, GEORGE LYTTELTON, 1ST BARON (17o9-1773) , English statesman and man of letters, born at Hagley, Worcestershire, was a descendant of the great jurist Sir Thomas Littleton (q.v.). He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th hart. (d. 1751), who at the revolution of 1688 and during the following reign was one of the ablest Whig debaters of the House
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scheme . The closing years of his life were devoted chiefly to literary pursuits. He died on the 22nd of August 1773.Lyttelton's earliest publication (1735), Letters from a Persian in England to his Friend at Ispahan, appeared anonymously. Much greater celebrity was achieved by his Observations on the Conversion and Apostleship of St Paul, also anonymous, published in 1747. It takes the form of'a letter to Gilbert West, and is designed to show that St Paul's conversion is of itself a sufficient demonstration of the divine character of Christianity. Dr Johnson regarded the work as one " to which infidelity has never been able to fabricate a specious answer." Lord Lyttelton's Dialogues of the Dead, a creditable performance, though hardly rivalling either Lucian or Landor, appeared in 176o. His History of Henry II. (1767-1771), the fruit of twenty years' Tabour, is not now cited as an authority, but Le painstaking and fair
His son THOMAS (1744-1779), who succeeded as 2nd baron, played some part in the political life of his time, but his loose and prodigal habits were notorious, and he is known, in distinction to his father " the good lord," as the wicked Lord Lyttelton. He left no lawful issue, and the barony became extinct; but it was revived in 1794 in the person of his uncle WILLIAM HENRY, 1st baron of the new creation (1724-1808), who was governor of S. Carolina and later of Jamaica, and ambassador to Portugal. The new barony went after him to his two sons. The 3rd baron (1782-1837) was succeeded by his son GEORGE WILLIAM LYTTELTON, 4th baron (1817-1876), who was a fine scholar, and brother-in-law of W. E. Gladstone, having married Miss Mary Glynne. He did important work in educational and poor law reform. He had eight sons, of whom the eldest, CHARLES GEORGE (b. 1842), became 5th baron, and in' Sir Thomas (or Thomas de) Littleton, the jurist, had three sons, William, Richard and- Thomas. From the first, William, was descended Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st hart. of Frankley (1596-165o), whose sons were Sir Henry, and hart. (d. 1693), and Sir Charles, 3rd bart. (1629-1716), governor of Jamaica. The latter's son was Sir Thomas, 4th hart., above mentioned, who was also the father of Charles Lyttelton (1714-1768), bishop of Carlisle, and president of the Society of Antiquaries. The male descendants of the second, Richard, died out with Sir Edward Littleton, hart., of Pillaton, Staffordshire, in 1812, but the latter's grandnephew, Edward John Walhouse (1791-1863) of Hatherton, took the estates by will and also the name of Littleton, and was created 1st Baron Hatherton in 1835; he was chief
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Cambridge , and bishop-suffragan of Southampton; Edward Lyttelton (b. 1855), headmaster of Haileybury (189o-1905) and then of Eton; and Alfred Lyttelton (b. 1857), secretary of state for the colonies (1903-1906). It was a family of well-known cricketers, Alfred being in his day the best wicket-keeper in England as well as a fine tennis player.For the 1st baron see Sir R. Phillimore's Memoirs and Correspondence of Lord Lyttelton, 1734-1773 (2 vols., 1845). End of Article: LYTTELTON, GEORGE LYTTELTON, 1ST BARON (17o9-1773) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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