Background
Cobham was the eldest son of George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton, and Mary Glynne.
Cobham was the eldest son of George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton, and Mary Glynne.
He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.
He was elected to the House of Commons for East Worcestershire in 1868, a seat he held until 1874. Apart from his parliamentary career he also served as High Sheriff of Bewdley. Cobham succeeded his father as fifth Baron Lyttelton in 1876.
In 1889 he also succeeded his distant relative Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, as eighth Baron and Viscount Cobham.
Cobham married the Honorary Mary Susan Caroline Cavendish, daughter of William George Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham, in 1878.
Lady Cobham died in 1937. A Lyttelton Test cricket.
He himself played 35 first-class matches between 1861 and 1867, mainly for Cambridge University.
A right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper, he scored 1439 runs at an average of 27.15, including 2 centuries. Cobham was President of Marylebone Cricket Club in 1886. These unified Laws of Lawn Tennis were published on 29 May 1875.
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Cobham was a member of the Tennis Committee of the Marylebone Cricket Club which was responsible for framing standardized rules for the new sport of lawn tennis.