Background
He was the fourth son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet.
He was the fourth son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet.
He served as Governor of Minorca from 1763 until 1766 after its restoration to British rule following the fall of Minorca to the French in 1756 - later returning to Britain where he died in 1770. He was also Governor of Guernsey. Lyttelton married Rachel, Duchess of Bridgewater (widow of Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater) on 14 December 1745.
He was an employer of John Burrows, a physician who served as his secretary in Minorca, and later made groundbreaking research into venereal disease.
11th Parliament of Great Britain. 10th Parliament of Great Britain.