Edward Antony James Bulwer-Lytton, Viscount Knebworth (13 May 1903 – 1 May 1933) was a British pilot and

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politician. Knebworth was the eldest son of

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, and his wife, Pamela, daughter of Sir Trevor Chichele-Plowden. Lady Hermione Lytton was his sister. He was educated at

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and

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. He worked briefly as a stockbroker in

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before taking up a post in the Education Department of the Central Conservative Office. Knebworth unsuccessfully contested the

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stronghold of Shoreditch in 1929, but was returned to Parliament for Hitchin in 1931. The latter year, he also joined the Royal Auxiliary Air Force and qualified as a pilot the following year. He served with the force's 601 (County of London) Squadron. It was while serving with the Auxiliary Air Force that Lord Knebworth was killed in the crash of a

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at Hendon on 1 May 1933, aged 29. He was taking part in a practice flight for the upcoming annual air pageant there when his plane failed to pull out of dive and hit the ground, also killing his crewman. His younger brother Alexander was killed at the

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in 1942 and their uncle Neville Bulwer-Lytton later succeeded in the earldom.

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(by John Singer Sargent) of Viscount Knebworth as a child

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* * 1903 births 1933 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935 People educated at West Downs School Heirs apparent who never acceded British courtesy viscounts Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in England People educated at Eton College Alumni of the University of Oxford {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1900s-stub

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