Background
LYTTELTON, Humphrey Richard Adeane was born on May 23, 1921 in Eton, Bucks. Son of the late Honourable George William Lyttelton.
LYTTELTON, Humphrey Richard Adeane was born on May 23, 1921 in Eton, Bucks. Son of the late Honourable George William Lyttelton.
Degree, Eton College. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Warwick, 1987. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Loughborough University of Technology, 1988.
Doctor of Music (honorary), University Durham, 1989. Postgraduate, University Keele.
Leader and journalist. Freelance journalist and leader of Humphrey Lyttelton’s Band since 1953. President Society for Italic Handwriting since 1981.
Honorary D. Litt. (Warwick) 1987, (Loughborough) 1988, Honorary Doctor of Music (Durham) 1989.
Served with Grenadier Guards, 1941-1946.
Married 1st Patricia Mary Braithwaite in 1948 (dissolved in 1952), one daughter. Married 2nd Elizabeth Jill Richardson in 1952, two son one daughter.