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LYVEDEN. 189 Cambridge, 3 June 1864, and was raised to the peerage, 14 July 1866, as afsd. G.C.M.G., 30 June 1869. He >«., 29 Aug. 182", at St. James' Westm., Rosina Doyle, da. of Francis Massy Wheeler, of Lizzard Connell, co. Limerick, by Anne, da. of the Rev. Nicholas Milley Doyle, of Clonmell. He d. (of inflammation of the brain) at Torquay, Devon, on 18, and was bur. 45 Jan. 1873, at Westm. Abbey,( a ) aged 69. His widow (from whom he had been long separated) d. at Glenoinera, Upper Syden- ham, 12, and was bur. 18 March 1882, in her 79th year, at Shirley, co. Surrey. II. 1 S73. 2 an t. Edward Robert Lytton (Bulwer-Lytton), ■WariAnm Baron Lytton at KsKBWOBTH, only s. and h., 6. 8 Nov. 1831 ; ed. at .cariaom. Harrow at t i, c Uuiv. „f Bonn ; entered early into the Diplomatic I. 1880. Service, being attached to the Legation at Washington, 1849 ; at Florence, 1852, and at Paris, 1S54 ; paid Attache at the Hague, 18:")6;at St. Petersburg, 1858 ; at Constantinople, 1858, and at Vienna, 1859 ; Consul at Eelgrade, 1800 ; Sec. of Leg. at Copenhagen, 1S63 ; at Athens, 1S04 ; at Lisbon, 1S65, and at Madrid, 1808'. Sec. of Embassy to Vienna, 1868, and to Paris, 1872-74 ; sue. to the pa rage, 25 Jan. 1S73 ; Minister to Lisbon, 1874-76 ; Viceroy and Gov. Gun. of India, 1870-S0 : G.C.B. (Civil), 1 Jan. 187S. He was cr., 28 April 1SS0, VISCOUNT KNEBWORTH, of Knebworth, co. Hertford, and EARL OF LYTTON, in the county of Derby. G.C.S.I., 8 June 1880. and C.I.E. Ambassador to Paris, 1SS7, till his death in 1891 ; Rector of Glasgow Univ., 1SS7 ; P.C., 1888. He m., 1 Oct. 1 SO 4, Edith, da. of the Hon. Edward Ernest Villikrs (br. of George William Frederick. 1th Earl Of Clarendon), by Elizabeth Charlotte, da. of Thomas Henry (Liddeli.), 1st Baron Ravknswortii. He d. (suddenly), 24 Nov. lSyi, at the British Embassy, Paris, aged 00. Will pr. at £75,270. His widow 6. 15 Sep. 1841, aud C.I., living" 1S92. Earldom. "1 %md$, Victor Alexander George Robert jj (Bulwer-Lytton), Emu. ok Lytton [1880], Viscount I 1801 KSKBWOBTH [1880], ami Baron Lytton of Knebworth [1806], also a Baronet [1S3SJ, 3d but 1st surv. 8. aud h.,( b ) b. 10 Aug. 1870, at Simla, in India, being godson to Queen Victoria; ed. at Eton ; stijtcd ViscoDnt Knf.b- worth from 1880 till he sue. to the peerage, 24 Nov. 1891. Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 4,S63 acres in Herts, worth £5,366 a year. Principal Residence. Knebworth Park, near Stevenage, Herts. Barony III

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J LYVEDEN. Barony. 1. Tliu Rt. Hon. Robert- Yernox Smito whs cr. 28 June I 1859 1S59, BARON LYVEDEN of Lyveden, co. Northampton. He was s. of Robert Percy Smith, of Cheam, co. Surrey, Judge Advocate Gen. in India, by Caroline Maria, 2d da. and coheir of Richard Vernon, and Evelyn, his wife, Dow. Countess of Uih'Eh Ossouy [I.] He was 6. 23 Feb. 1800, in Guildford street, ami hap. at S- Pancras, Midi. ; ed. at Eton and at Ch. Ch„ Oxford ; mat. 2 Feb. 1819 ; B.A , and 2d class in Classics, 1822 ; M.P. for Tralee, 1829-31 ; for Northampton 1831-59 ; a Lord of the Treasury, 1S30-34; Sec. to Board of Control, 1S35-39 ; Under Sec. for the Colonies, 1S39-41 ; P.O., 1841 ; Sec. at War, 6 to 28 Feb. 1852 ; President of the Board of Control, 1855-58, being raised to the peerage as above 28 June 1859, and taking by Royal Lie. (a few weeks later). 14 July 1859 the name of Vernon in lieu of that of Smith. G.C.B. 'civil) 1872. He m. 15 July 1823, at St. Goo. Han. sip, Emma Mary, illegit. da. (») of John (") As a writer of fiction he has seldom (perhaps never, save, probably, in the case of Sir Walter Scott) been surpassed. Among his earlier works are " Rieuzi," " The last days of Pompeii," " Ernest Maltravers," Sc., while among the later are " The Caxtous," " My Novel," &c. (h) His elder br. (the 2d but then only surv. s. of his father) d. in Paris, 1 March 1874, aged 1 year and 11 months. (c) Her br. the Rt. Hon. John Wilsou Fitzpatriek, !>. 1S11, was in 1869 cr. Baron Castletown of Upper Ossory,