Sir Henry Lyttelton, 2nd Baronet (1624 – 24 June 1693) was an English politician and member of the

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. He was a

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officer during the

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. After the

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, from 1678 to 1679 he sat in the

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Biography

Lyttelton was the eldest surviving son of

Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet (1593 – 22 February 1650) was an English Royalist officer and politician from the Lyttelton family during the English Civil War. Biography Thomas Lyttelton, born in 1593, was the eldest son of Sir John Lyttelt ...

(1593–1650), from whom he inherited the family estates in

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, and

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in 1649. He joined the Royalist forces at the

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in 1651, where they were routed by the Parliamentarians, and consequentially spent 17 months imprisoned in the

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. He was nevertheless appointed

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for 1654–1656. He was elected

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for

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in 1678 and sat until 1679.

Family

Lyttelton married twice: firstly Philadelphia, the daughter and co-heiress of the Hon. Thomas Carey,

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and secondly Lady Elizabeth Newport, daughter of

Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford PC (23 February 1620 – 19 September 1708), styled The Honourable between 1642 and 1651, was an English soldier, courtier and Whig politician. Background Born at Wroxeter, he was the eldest son of Richard ...

. He had no male issue and was succeeded in the

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by his brother.

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References

* * *''Burkes Peerage and Baronetage'' (1939) 1624 births 1693 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England Prisoners in the Tower of London High Sheriffs of Worcestershire

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