Thomas Lyttleton 4th Bt MP (bef. 1685 - 1751)

Born before 20 Dec 1685 in Richmond, Surrey, England

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Sir Thomas Lyttleton was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Sir Thomas Lyttelton (1686-1751) was the 1st and only surviving son of Sir Charles Lyttelton, 3rd Bt., M.P., by Anne, da. of Thomas Temple of Frankton, Warws. He m. 8 May 1708, Christian, da. of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Bt., M.P., 6s. 6da.

He was baptised 20 December 1685, Richmond, Surrey.^[1]

Lyttelton’s wife was the sister of Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt., M.P., afterwards 1st Viscount Cobham, and of Hester, wife of Richard Grenville. His eldest daughter, Christian, married Thomas Pitt, elder brother of William Pitt. His children, of whom George, Richard, and William Henry became M.P.s, were thus first cousins of Richard, George, James, Henry and Thomas Grenville and connected by marriage with Thomas and William Pitt.

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1. ↑ Baptism: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 007728902; FHL microfilm: 800475
   FamilySearch Record: JMGX-YXW (accessed 3 November 2023)
   Thomas Lyttelton baptism on 20 Dec 1685, son of Charles Lyttelton & Anne, in Richmond, Surrey, England.

• Wikipedia entry [1]
• Parishes: Hagley A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 3. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1913.
• LYTTELTON, Sir Thomas, 4th Bt. (1686-1751), of Hagley Hall, Worcs. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754, ed. R. Sedgwick, 1970