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 Liberal Member of Parliament.

Biography

Cobham was the eldest son of

George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton, 4th Baron Westcote, (31 March 1817 – 19 April 1876) was an British aristocracy, English aristocrat and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician from the Lyttelton family. He was chairman ...

, and Mary Glynne.

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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 Bewdley, Worcestershire. 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 Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, (10 September 1823 – 26 March 1889), styled Earl Temple until 1839 and Marquess of Chandos from 1839 to 1861, was a British soldier, po ...

, as eighth Baron and Viscount Cobham. Cobham married the Hon. Mary Susan Caroline Cavendish, daughter of William George Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham, in 1878. He died at

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on 9 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 on 28 January, 1937, aged 83. 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

Marylebone Cricket Club The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's, Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London, England. The club was the governing body of cricket from 1788 to 1989 and retain ...

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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