Edward Litton PC (1787 – 22 January 1870) was an Irish

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politician. From 1837 to 1843 he was Member of Parliament (MP) for

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, in the

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of the

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. Litton was elected to the

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at the general election in 1837, regaining for the Conservatives a seat which had been won by the Liberals in 1835. He was re-elected unopposed in 1841, but left Parliament in 1843 to take up an appointment as Master of Chancery in Ireland.

Related people

Litton's great-grandson (through George and grandson John),

Henry Litton Henry Denis Litton GBM, CBE, SC ( Chinese: 烈顯倫; born 7 August 1934) is a retired judge in Hong Kong. Early life and education Born into a Eurasian family in Hong Kong, Henry Litton excelled in school during his early years first at th ...

, is a retired Court of Final Appeal judge in

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. Another grandson through George, George So Litton, was the founder of the Litton Mills in Pasig, the Philippines, while one of his great-grandsons through George So is Johnny Litton.

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* 1787 births 1870 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Londonderry constituencies (1801–1922) Irish Conservative Party MPs UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 Members of the Privy Council of Ireland {{Conservative-UK-MP-1780s-stub