Family and Education
b. 1718, 5th s. of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Bt., M.P., of Hagley, Worcs., bro. of Sir George Lyttelton, 5th Bt. and William Henry Lyttelton. educ. prob. Marylebone;M. Wyndham, Chrons. of 18th Cent. i. 112. at Besançon 1737-8. m. 23 Dec. 1745, Rachel, da. of Wriothesley, 2nd Duke of Bedford, wid. of Scroop, 1st Duke of Bridgwater, s.p. She had ‘besides a life income of £3000 p.a. a considerable sum of money’.Ld. Camelford, ‘Family Characters Anecdotes’, 74, Boconnoc mss. cr. 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. army 1747; maj.-gen. 1757; lt.-gen, 1759; master of the jewel office 1756 – 62; gov. Minorca 1762 – 66, Guernsey 1766 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Little Ealing, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
LYTTELTON, Sir Richard (1718-70)
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