Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet, of Frankley, in the County of Worcester (1686 – 14 September 1751), was an English landowner and Whig politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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from 1721 to 1741. He held office as one of the
Lords of the Admiralty
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from 1727 to 1741.
Early life
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Lyttelton was the only surviving son of
Sir Charles Lyttelton, 3rd Baronet
Sir Charles Lyttelton, 3rd Baronet, of Frankley, in the County of Worcester, MP (1628 – 2 May 1716) was one of the early English Governors of Jamaica, an army officer, and Member of Parliament from the Lyttelton family.
Governor of Jamaica
Char ...
, of Frankley, in the County of Worcester, MP, and his wife Anne Temple, daughter of Thomas Temple of
Frankton, Warwickshire
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Frankton is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire in England. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 344, increasing to 351 at the 2011 Census.
Etymology
According to W. H. Duignan, the town's earliest ...
. He married Christian Temple, daughter of
Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet
Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet (28 March 1634 – 8 May 1697) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1697.
Life
Temple was the son of Sir Peter Temple, 2nd Baronet of Stowe and his second wi ...
, of
Stowe
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, on 8 May 1708. On the death of his father in 1716, he inherited the
baronetcy
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and
Lyttelton family
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estates in
Frankley
Frankley is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire. The modern Frankley estate is part of the New Frankley civil parish in Birmingham, and has been part of the city since 1995. The parish has a population of 122.
History
Frankley is lis ...
,
Halesowen
Halesowen ( ) is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the county of West Midlands, England.
Historically an exclave of Shropshire and, from 1844, in Worcestershire, the town is around from Birmingham city centre, and from ...
,
Hagley
Hagley is a large village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England. It is on the boundary of the West Midlands and Worcestershire counties between the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley and Kidderminster. Its estimated population was 7,162 in 20 ...
, and
Upper Arley
Upper Arley () is a village and civil parish near Kidderminster in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, the village had a population of 741 at the 2011 census.
Amenities
The Arley railwa ...
.
Career
Lyttelton was elected as one of the Members of Parliament for
Worcestershire
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at a by-election on 6 March 1721. He was returned again at the
1727 British general election
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and was appointed as one of the Lords of the Admiralty in 1727, holding the post until 1741. He decided not to stand again at Worcestershire at the
1734 British general election
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and was brought in instead for
Camelford
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by his son-in-law
Thomas Pitt
Thomas Pitt (5 July 1653 – 28 April 1726) of Blandford St Mary in Dorset, later of Stratford in Wiltshire and of Boconnoc in Cornwall, known during life commonly as ''Governor Pitt'', as ''Captain Pitt'', or posthumously, as ''"Diamond" ...
. He did not stand at the
1741 British general election
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.
Legacy
Lyttelton died on 14 September 1751, leaving six sons and six daughters. He was succeeded by his eldest son
George
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. His second son,
Charles
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, was Bishop of Carlisle and an antiquary. His fourth son was
Lt-General Sir Richard Lyttelton, KB. His fifth son,
William
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, succeeded as 7th baronet and was created Lord Westcote (an Irish title) in 1776 and then
Baron Lyttelton
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Bar ...
in 1794. His daughter Christian married
Thomas Pitt
Thomas Pitt (5 July 1653 – 28 April 1726) of Blandford St Mary in Dorset, later of Stratford in Wiltshire and of Boconnoc in Cornwall, known during life commonly as ''Governor Pitt'', as ''Captain Pitt'', or posthumously, as ''"Diamond" ...
, MP.
Lyttelton's brother-in-law
Sir Richard Temple, 4th Baronet was created
Viscount Cobham
Viscount Cobham is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain that was created in 1718. Owing to its special remainder, the title has passed through several families. Since 1889, it has been held by members of the Lyttelton family.
The barony a ...
with the special remainder (in default of his own heirs male) to his sister Christian and her heirs male and in default of them to the heirs male of Christian. This latter remainder took effect in 1889 when her descendant,
Charles, Lord Lyttelton, succeeded as Viscount Cobham.
References
*''Burkes Peerage and Baronetage'' (1939), s.v. Cobham, Viscount
1686 births
1751 deaths
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Thomas
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Worcestershire
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Camelford
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British MPs 1722–1727
British MPs 1727–1734
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