Earl of Lytton

Earl of Lytton is a British hereditary title of nobility in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, named after the family Bulwer- Lytton.

Ancestral home of the family is Knebworth House at Knebworth in Hertfordshire.

Award

The title was created for Robert Bulwer- Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton, in 1880. This had previously been Governor-General and Viceroy of India.

Subordinate title

With the earldom the title of Viscount Knebworth was awarded the same time, which also belongs to the peerage of the United Kingdom. He is led by the heirs title as a courtesy title.

The father of the first Earl, Edward Bulwer- Lytton, was a prominent member of Parliament and writer. He became a baronet in 1838 ( of Knebworth ) and raised in 1866 for Baron Lytton. These titles are Baronetage and Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The fourth Earl, Noel Lytton, inherited in 1957 by his mother Judith Blunt - Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth, the title of Baron Wentworth, who also is now a subordinate title of Earl of Lytton. This dignity that belongs to the Peerage of England, was created in 1529.

List of barons and earls of Lytton Lytton

Barons Lytton (1866 )

• Edward Bulwer- Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton ( 1803-1873 )
• Edward Robert Bulwer- Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton ( 1831-1891 ) ( 1880 to Earl applicable)

Earl of Lytton (1880 )

• Edward Robert Bulwer -Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton ( 1831-1891 )
• Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer- Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton ( 1876-1947 )
• Neville Stephen Bulwer- Lytton, 3rd Earl of Lytton ( 1879-1951 )
• Noel Anthony Scawen Lytton - Milbanke, 4th Earl of Lytton ( 1900-1985 )
• John Peter Michael Scawen Lytton, 5th Earl of Lytton ( b. 1950 )

The heir apparent is the son of the present Earl, Philip Anthony Scawen Lytton, Viscount Knebworth (* 1989).

Swell

• Charles Kidd, David Williamson (ed.): Debrett 's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
• Leigh Rayment 's Peerage Page (English)
• Www.thepeerage.com (English)

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