Family and Education
b. 1718, 5th s. of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Bt., of Hagley Hall, Worcs. and bro. of George and William Henry Lyttelton. educ. prob. Marylebone sch.; at Besançon 1737-8. m. 23 Dec. 1745, Rachel, da. of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, wid. of Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgwater, s.p. K.B. 27 Aug. 1753.
Offices Held
Page of honour to Queen Caroline 1734 – 37; ensign 3 Ft. Gds. 1737; capt. 10 Marines 1741; lt.-col. 1744; col. 1747; master of the jewel office 1756 – 62; maj.-gen. 1757; lt.-gen. 1759; gov. Minorca 1762 – 66, Guernsey 1766 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Little Ealing, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
LYTTELTON, Richard (1718-70)
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Oxford 1644
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