Background
He was a son of Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton and Edith Villiers. He was the grandson of the famous novelists, Edward Bulwer-Lytton and Rosina Doyle Wheeler. Neville Lytton was born in India while his father served as viceroy.
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Neville Lytton
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He was educated at Eton College and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Career
During World War I, Neville Lytton served as an officer on the Western Front and saw active duty at both the Somme and Amiens. According to the accounts of a contemporary, he was seen as "a gentleman of the old school" and served "with gallantry and distinction". Shortly after the end of the war both Britain"s Imperial War Museum, and France"s Musée de Guerre acquired examples of his art, some of which had apparently travelled with him on his postings.
lieutenant is possible to see Lytton"s frescos reflecting his experiences in the war on display in Balcombe village"s Victory Hall.
From approximately 1900 to 1940 Lytton exhibited his art at such major venues as Alpine Club Gallery, Beaux Arts Gallery, the Dowdeswell Galleries, the Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool), the New English Art Club, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and at the Royal Academy, London. They had three children, Noel Anthony (eventually 4th Earl of Lytton and 17th Baron Wentworth), Lady Anne Lytton and Lady Winifred (Lytton) Tyron.
A second marriage to Alexandra Fortel produced a fourth child, Lady Madeleine Elizabeth Lytton. The Earl and his second family resided in France.
A profile sketch of the Earl may be viewed at the National Portrait Gallery.
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February 9, 1951 (aged 72) -
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United Kingdom