Charles George Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobham (27 October 1842 – 9 June 1922), known as The Lord Lyttelton from 1876 to 1889, was a British peer and politician from the

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. He was a

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Biography

Cobham was the eldest son of George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton, and Mary Glynne.

Alfred Lyttelton Alfred Lyttelton KC (7 February 1857 – 5 July 1913) was a British politician and sportsman from the Lyttelton family who excelled at both football and cricket. During his time at university he participated in Varsity Matches in five sports ...

was his younger brother. He was educated at

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and

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. He was elected to the

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for East Worcestershire in 1868, a seat he held until 1874. Apart from his parliamentary career he also served as high sheriff of

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. Cobham succeeded his father as fifth Baron Lyttelton in 1876. In 1889 he also succeeded his distant relative Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, as eighth Baron and Viscount Cobham. Cobham married the Hon. Mary Susan Caroline Cavendish, daughter of

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, in 1878. He died in June 1922, aged 79, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son

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. His second son

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became a classics master at

and was the father of the jazz trumpeter

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. Lady Cobham died in 1937. He came from a

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ing family, his father ( GW Lyttelton), five brothers ( GWS Lyttelton, AT Lyttelton, RH Lyttelton, E Lyttelton, Hon. A Lyttelton), his sons ( JC Lyttelton, CF Lyttelton) and his grandson ( CJ Lyttelton) all playing

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, and in the case of the Hon. A Lyttelton

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. He himself played 35 first-class matches between 1861 and 1867, mainly for

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. A right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper, he scored 1439 runs at an average of 27.15, including 2 centuries. Cobham was President of

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in 1886. Cobham was a member of the Tennis Committee of the Marylebone Cricket Club which was responsible for framing standardized rules for the new sport of

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. These unified ''Laws of Lawn Tennis'' were published on 29 May 1875. From 2 March 1898 Cobham held the post of 'Honorary Colonel' of the 1st Volunteer, later

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