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Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet (1593 – 22 February 1650) was an English Royalist officer and politician from the

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during the English Civil War.

Biography

Thomas Lyttelton, born in 1593, was the eldest son of Sir John Lyttelton and inherited the family estates in

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, and

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from his mother, Meriel, the daughter of Sir

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, Lord Chancellor of England. The estates had been restored to her by

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after their forfeiture due to his father's conviction of

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. Lyttelton was educated at

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, Oxford and the

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(1613) and created a baronet in 1618. He was elected a

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for

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in 1620–1622, 1624–1626, and the Short Parliament of 1640. During the

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Lyttelton was Colonel of the Worcestershire Horse and Foot for the King in 1642. He was taken prisoner by

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at Bewdley in 1644, imprisoned in the

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and fined £4,000. Lyttelton died in 1650 and is buried in Worcester Cathedral.

Family

Lyttelton married Catherine, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Crompton, of Driffield, Yorks. They had twelve sons and four daughters of whom five sons and three daughters died while children. The survivors were: *

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. * Ferdinando (born ) Groom of the Bedchamber to James, Duke of York, entered French military service, was the first Lieutenant-Colonel of the English Regiment of Light Horse in France, and was killed in battle near Strasbourg. * George (died 1712), a major in Prince George of Denmark's regiment, died without children. * Catherine (died 1691), unmarried.

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* * * * * 1593 births 1650 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England Members of the Parliament of England for Worcestershire Cavaliers

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