Baron Lyttelton

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Baron Lyttelton , of Frankley in the County of Worcester , is a hereditary British title of nobility created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain .

Hagley Hall

The family seat of the barons is Hagley Hall near Hagley in Worcestershire.

Awards

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton

The title was first created on November 18, 1756 for the politician and patron Sir George Lyttelton, 5th Baronet , who had previously been Chancellor of the Exchequer . In 1751 he had inherited the subordinate title of 5th Baronet , of Frankley in the County of Worcester, from his father, which had been bestowed on his grandfather, the House of Commons Sir Thomas Lyttelton , on July 25, 1618 in the Baronetage of England . The barony expired with the death of his son, the 2nd Baron, on November 27th, 1779. The Baronetcy fell to his uncle, William Lyttelton, 1st Baron Westcote , as the 7th Baronet. He had previously been governor of South Carolina and Jamaica and was raised to Baron Westcote , of Ballymore in County Longford , in the Peerage of Ireland on April 29, 1776 . On August 13, 1794, the title Baron Lyttelton was newly created for this in the second award. His great-grandson, the 5th Baron , inherited in 1889 from his distant relative Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos , the title 8th Viscount Cobham, created in 1718 . The Baronies Lyttelton and Westcote, as well as the Baronetcy, have since been subordinate titles to the respective Viscount.

List of Barons Lyttelton and Lyttelton Baronets

Lyttelton Baronets, of Frankley (1618)

Barons Lyttelton, first bestowal (1756)

Lyttelton Baronets, of Frankley (1618; continued)

Barone Lyttelton, second bestowal (1794)

Title heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current title holder Hon. Oliver Lyttelton (* 1976).

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