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Lytton, William, ca. 1589-1660
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ca. 1589-1660
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LYTTON, SIR WILLIAM, only son of Sir Rowland Lytton, Kt, MP, Knebworth, Herts., and Hon. Anne St. John, widow of Robert Corbet, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, and fourth dau. of Oliver St. John, 1st Baron St. John of Bletsho; b.; at school 1601-2 (Letters written by John Chamberlain during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, Camden Soc. Pub., 1st series, lxxix, 121, 124); Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 17 Oct 1603; MP Hertfordshire Feb 1623/4 – Apr 1653; knighted 25 Jul 1624; one of Commissioners sent by parliament to treat with Charles I; m. 1st, Anne, dau. of Stephen Slaney, Norton, Shropshire; m. 2nd, Ruth, dau. of Francis Barrington, Barrington Hall, Essex; d. 14 Aug 1660, aged 71.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.