Rt. Rev. Hon. Arthur Temple Lyttelton (7 January 1852 - 19 February 1903) was the first Master of the newly established Selwyn College, Cambridge and the third Anglican Suffragan Bishop of Southampton.[1]
Lyttelton was born into a noble family,[2] his father being George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton. He served as a Page of Honour to Queen Victoria,[3] and was later educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[4]
He was ordained priest in 1876 and began his career with a Curacy at St Mary's Reading.[3] There then followed a short spell as a Tutor at Keble College, Oxford before in 1882 he was appointed the first Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge,[5][6] a position he held until 1893.
In 1893 he became Vicar of Eccles and in 1898 ascended to the Episcopate as the Suffragan Bishop of Southampton.
He was the Provost at St. Nicholas College (now Lancing College).
He played in one first-class cricket match, for the MCC in 1872.[7]
He died at his home in Petersfield, Hampshire on 19 February 1903.
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| Preceded by George Carnac Fisher |
Bishop of Southampton 1898 – 1903 |
Succeeded by James Macarthur |
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| Preceded by New position |
Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge 1882 – 1893 |
Succeeded by John Selwyn |
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