Gilbert Lyttelton was the eldest son of Sir John Lyttelton

Sir John Lyttelton (1520-1590)

Sir John Lyttelton was the son of Sir John Lyttelton of Frankley and his wife Elizabeth daughter and coheir of Sir Gilbert Talbot. He was of age in 1541. He was made constable of Dudley Castle and keeper of the old and new parks there in 1553. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth at Kenilworth...

 (died 1590).

He was Member of Parliament for Worcestershire

Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

Worcestershire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented until 1832 by two Members of Parliament, traditionally referred...

 in 1570 and in 1571. He inherited the family estates in Frankley

Frankley

Frankley is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire, near the border with Birmingham. The modern Frankley estate is part of the New Frankley civil parish in Birmingham, and has been part of the city since 1995. The parish has a population of 122.-St Leonards...

, Halesowen

Halesowen

Halesowen is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands, England.The population, as measured by the United Kingdom Census 2001, was 55,273...

, Hagley

Hagley

Hagley is a village and civil parish on the northern boundary of Worcestershire, England, near to the towns of Kidderminster and Stourbridge. The parish had a population of 4,283 in 2001, but the whole village had a population of perhaps 5,600, including the part in Clent parish...

, and Upper Arley

Upper Arley

Upper Arley is a village is a village and civil parish near Kidderminster in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 645.- Amenities :...

 on his father's death. He was appointed High Sheriff of Worcestershire

High Sheriff of Worcestershire

This is a list of Sheriff and since 1998 High Sheriffs of Worcestershire.The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been...

 for 1584.

He served as Chief Steward of the manors of the Bishop of Worcester

Bishop of Worcester

The Bishop of Worcester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. He is the head of the Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury...

 from about 1579 to about 1588.

He died on 1 June 1599. He had married Elizabeth, daughter of Humphrey Coningsby of Hampton Court, Herefordshire; they had 3 sons and a daughter. He was succeeded by his eldest son John Lyttelton

John Lyttelton (MP)

Sir John Lyttelton was a Member of Parliament for Worcestershire during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.He was the eldest son of Gilbert Lyttelton and married Meriel, daughter of Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor of England...

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