Lt-General Sir Richard Lyttelton KB

Order of the Bath

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 (1718 – 1 October 1770) was a British

Kingdom of Great Britain

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 soldier

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 and politician

Politician

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 who served in the British Army

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. He was the fourth 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....

. He served as Governor of Minorca from 1763 until 1766 after its restoration to British rule following the fall of Minorca

Siege of Minorca

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 to the French in 1756 - later returning to Britain where he died in 1770. He was also Governor of Guernsey.

He was the younger brother of George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton PC , known as Sir George Lyttelton, Bt between 1751 and 1756, was a British politician and statesman and a patron of the arts.-Background and education:...

, a leading MP and a friend of William Pitt

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

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, and the uncle of Thomas Lyttleton

Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton

Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton of Frankley was a British MP and profligate. Sometimes dubbed the nicknames "the wicked Lord Lyttelton" and "bad Lord Lyttelton", he was the son of George Lyttelton and Lucy Fortescue. His mother died when he was two years old. He was very talented in his...

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Lyttelton married Rachel, Duchess of Bridgewater (widow of Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater

Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater

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) on 14 December 1745. He was an employer of John Burrows, a physician who served as his secretary in Minorca, and later made groundbreaking research into venereal disease.