George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
Overview
United Kingdom
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politician and statesman and a patron of the arts.
Lord Lyttelton was the son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet
Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet
Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet was the eldest son of Sir Charles Lyttelton, 3rd Baronet and inherited the family estates in Frankley, Halesowen, Hagley, and Upper Arley on his death in 1716....
, by his wife Christian, daughter of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet
Temple Baronets
There have been four Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Temple, two in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom....
. He was educated at Eton
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
and Christ Church, Oxford
Christ Church, Oxford
Christ Church or house of Christ, and thus sometimes known as The House), is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England...
.
He was one of the politicians who opposed Robert Walpole
Robert Walpole
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....
as a member (one of Cobham's Cubs
Cobhamites
The Cobhamite faction were an 18th century British political faction built around Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham and his supporters. Perhaps most notably the group contained the future Prime Ministers William Pitt and George Grenville...
) of the Whig Opposition the 1730s.
