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186 LYTTELTON. III. 1794. 1. William Henry Lyttelton, yr. br. of Thomas, 1st Baron Lyttei.ton ok Kranklev, being Cth s. at Sir Thomas Lyttel- TON, 4th Bart, of Frankley, co. Worcester, Viy Christian, sister of Richard (Temple) Viscount Coiiham (so cr. 23 May 171S, with a spec. rein, in his said sister's favour), da. of Sir Richard Temple, Hart., of Stowe, was b. 24 Dec. 1721, at St. Martin's in the fields ; mat. at Oxford (St. Mary Hall) 22 June 1712 ; entered the Middle Temple, 1 Nov. 1743 ; Barrister, 174S ; SI.P. for Bewdley, 1748-55 ; Gov. of South Carolina, 1 755-UO ; Gov. of Jamaica, 1760-60; Kuvoy to Lisbon, 1700-71 ; and was cr. 29 April or July 1770, BARON WRSTCOTRp) OF BALLYMORE, co. Longford [L] : was one of the Lords of the Treasury, 1777-S2.^') He sue. to the Baronetcy (cr. 25 July 1(318), on the death, 27 Nov. 1771', of his nephew, Thomas, 2d Baron Lyttelton of Frankley abovenamed ; was D.O.L., of Oxford, 23 Nov. 1781, and was cr. 13 Aug. 1794. LORD'LYTTKLTOX, BARON OF FRANKLEY, co. Worcester. He m. firstly, 2 June 17(il, at St. Geo. Han. sq., Mary, 1st da. and coheir of James MACARTNEY, of Longford, co. Longford. She el. 28 Slay 1785, at Bath, in Jamaica and was bar., at St. Thomas in the Rast, there. He m. secondly, 19 Feb. 1774, at St. James' Westm., Caroline, da. of John Bristow, of Quiddenham, Norfolk, by Anne Judith, da. of Paul F.usiN, of Paris, Merchant He d. at Hagley, 11 Sep. 1808, aged S3. WiU pr. 1809. His widow (/. 19 Sep. 1809. Will pr. 1810. IV. 1808. 2. George Fulke (Lyttelton), Lord Lyttelton, Baron ok Frankley, also Baron Westcotk ok Ballymore [I.], s. and h. by first wife, b. 27 Oct. 1703, at Spanish town in Jamaica ; mat. at Oxford (Ball, Coll.), 24 April 17S1 ; M.P. for Bewdley, 1790-90; for Granard, 1 79S— 1S0O ; me. to the peerage, 11 Sep. 1S0S. He d. mini, at Hagley, 12 Nov. 1828, aged 65. Will pr. Starch 1S29. V. 1S2S. J. William Henry (Lyttelton), Lord Lyttelton, Baron ok Frankley, also Baron Westcotk ok Ballymore [I.], br. of the half-blood and h., being Oth ami yst. s. of the 1st Lord, by his second wife ; b. 3 April 17S2 in Berucrs street, Slarylebone: mat. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 24 Oct. 1798 ;(c) B.A., 1S02 ; SLA., 1S05 ; cr. D.C.L., 5 July 1S10 ; Student of his College till 1812 ; SI.P. for Worcestershire, 1S00-20; sue. to the peerage, 12 Nov. 182S ; Lord Lieut, of Worcestershire. He ill. 1 Slarch 1818. Sarah, 1st da. of George John (Spencer), 2d Earl Spencer, by Lavinia, 1st da. of Charles (Bingham), 1st Raul ok ( a ) The family of Lyttelton is paternally descended from Thomas Wcstcotc, of Wcstcote, co. Devon, who having m. Elizabeth, da. and h. of Thomas Lyttelton, of South Lyttelton, co. Worcester, assumed her name, and was father of the celebrated Sir Thomas Lyttelton, KB . one of the Justices of the Common Pleas, 1475-81, author of " The Treatise on tenures," whose three sons were ancestors respectively (1) of the Lytteltous of Frankley, Baronets (1018), Barons Lyttelton of Frankley (1750-79 and, again, 1794), Barons Westcote in Ireland (1770), who, in 1889, inherited the Vkconntcy of Cobham ; (2) of the Littletons of Pillaton Hall, co. Stafford, Baronets (1627 to 1S12) now represented, in the female line, by the Barons Hatherton, and (3) of the Lytteltous of Spetchley, of whom was the Lord Keeper, Baron Lyttelton of Slounslow (1040 to 1045), and the Baronets (1042 to 1710) of Stoke Slilburgh, co. Salop. ( h ) In the debate of 12 June 1781, when " Fox, strenuously supported by Pitt, made an inaflectual effort for compelling the administration to abandon the further prosecution of the American war and to conclude peace with the Colonies," to which many of Lord North's supporters and even he himself made but a feeble opposition, "one noble individual only, then an Irish Peer [i.e., Lord Westcotel was found sufficiently enthusiastic to avow that he considered the struggle as a Holy War, a declaration which he made from the Treasury bench." This was ridiculed very aptly by Townshend, who compared the war with the " Crusades," both of them having " originated in folly, madness or delusion," while " both conduced to slaughter or to ruin." — Wraxall's " Mtmoirs" (edit. 1884), vol. ii, p. 120. (") " His academical learning and knowledge of Greek were considered to bo superior to most of his contemporaries." [Annual Reg. 1837.J