Background
Cobham was the eldest son of Charles Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobham, and the Honorary Mary Susan Caroline Cavendish, daughter of William Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham. Like his father and his uncle, Cobham was a successful cricketer.
Cobham was the eldest son of Charles Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobham, and the Honorary Mary Susan Caroline Cavendish, daughter of William Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham. Like his father and his uncle, Cobham was a successful cricketer.
He was educated at Eton.
He represented Worcestershire County Cricket Club in three first-class matches during 1924-1925. He served with the Rifle Brigade in the Second Boer War and from 1905 to 1908 he was Aide-de-Camp to the High Commissioner to South Africa. Cobham was elected to the House of Commons for Droitwich in the January 1910 general election, a seat he held until his resignation 1916 (being appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead).
He succeeded his father as ninth Viscount Cobham in 1922 and entered the House of Lords.
In 1939 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for War in the government of Neville Chamberlain, a position he retained until May 1940. Apart from his political and military career he was also Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire from 1923 to 1949.
Cobham married Violet, daughter of Charles Leonard, on 30 June 1908.
29th United Kingdom Parliament. 30th United Kingdom Parliament.