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William Henry Lyttelton was born on December 24, 1724, in the London parish of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, England. He was the sixth son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton and Christian Temple, daughter of Sir Richard Temple.
(Title: Trifles in verse. By Henry Lord Lyttleton. F.P. P...)
Title: Trifles in verse. By Henry Lord Lyttleton. F.P. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Anonymous; Lyttelton, William; 1803. 8º. 642.k.19.
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William Henry Lyttelton was born on December 24, 1724, in the London parish of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, England. He was the sixth son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton and Christian Temple, daughter of Sir Richard Temple.
Lyttelton attended Eton College and Saint Mary Hall, Oxford.
Lyttelton was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1748 and represented the borough of Bewdley, Worcestershire, in Parliament from December of that year until February 1755, when he was appointed governor of South Carolina. Arriving in Charleston in 1756, he found awaiting him the task of arranging for the care of the unfortunate Acadians who had been deposited there, over one thousand strong. Some of these people he settled in the town, binding them out or placing them in suitable occupations. Others he scattered over the province with any families who were willing to receive them as bond servants.
The principal problem that confronted him as governor, however, was presented in 1759 as a result of Cherokee raids on the frontier. In that year he held a conference with the Cherokee chiefs, who seem to have desired peace; but contrary to the advice of his more experienced lieutenant-governor, William Bull, he planned a punitive expedition against the tribe, broke off the conference, and detained the chiefs who had attended under the pledge of safe conduct, forcing them to accompany his army on its march to Fort Prince George. There, in a second conference with the Cherokees, it was agreed that these chiefs should be held as hostages until the Indians responsible for the murders on the frontier were surrendered. Unfortunately for Lyttelton's plans, smallpox broke out in his army, which gradually dispersed, leaving him practically alone except for the garrison at the fort. Under these circumstances he returned to Charleston in January 1760. After his departure the Indians, who had been greatly enraged by what they deemed his treachery in detaining their chiefs, killed the commander and some of his men and attacked the fort. In revenge the garrison turned on the Indian hostages and murdered them. The result was renewed Indian war and further ravages on the frontier.
The full force of this catastrophe was not felt by Lyttelton, for in April he sailed for Jamaica to assume the governorship, then considered the choicest of colonial appointments. Here he came into conflict with the Council and Assembly for interfering with their commitments of offenders. His action was bitterly denounced by the Assembly in July 1766 and Lyttelton himself represented as a tyrant. In October of that year he was appointed ambassador to Portugal.
Returning home in 1771, he lived an active life and received many honors, being raised first to the peerage of Ireland and subsequently to that of Great Britain, as Lord Lyttelton, baron of Frankley. He wrote "An Historical Account of the Constitution of Jamaica, " which was prefixed to the new edition of The Laws of Jamaica issued in 1792, and in 1793 was published as an appendix to Bryan Edwards' History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies. In 1803, he printed Trifles in Verse for private circulation.
(Title: Trifles in verse. By Henry Lord Lyttleton. F.P. P...)
Lyttelton was married on June 2, 1761, to Mary, eldest daughter of James Macartney of County Longford, and on February 19, 1774, to Carolina, daughter of John Bristow of Quiddenham, Norfolk. He had two sons, one by each marriage.