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Authorised form of nameLyttelton; George William (1817 - 1876); 4th Baron Lyttelton
Dates1817 - 1876
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of birth31 March 1817
Place of deathHis house in London
Date of death19 April 1876
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Hagley Park church, Worcestershire
ActivityEducation:
Trinity College, Cambridge. BA, MA
Career:
Principal of Queen's College, Birmingham (1845); Privy Councillor (1869)
Honours:
KCMG 1869
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election30/04/1840
RelationshipsSucceeded to the peerage (1837). Married: 1) (25 July 1839) Mary daughter of Sir Stephen Glynne (she died 1857); 2) (10 June 1869) Sybella Harriet, daughter of George Clive MP and widow of Humphry Francis Mildmay MP
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 01 April 1871
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/34675072
CodeNA6175
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/Maull/002846Lyttelton, George William, 4th Baron Lytteltonnd
MC/6Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1859-1863
MC/6/328Letter from [George William] Lyttleton, 10 Great George Street, to General [Edward] Sabine, [President of the Royal Society]4 June 1863
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