Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet (1593 – 22 February 1650) was a Royalist officer during the English Civil War.

Biography

Thomas Lyttelton, born in 1593, was the eldest son of John Lyttelton[1] and inherited the family estates in Frankley, Halesowen, Hagley, and Upper Arley from his mother, Meriel, the daughter of Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor of England. The estates had been restored to her by James I after their forfeiture due to his father's conviction of high treason.

Lyttelton was educated at Balliol College, Oxford and the Inner Temple (1613) and created a baronet in 1618. He was an elected a Member of parliament for Worcestershire in 1620-02, 1624–26, and the Short Parliament of 1640.[1]

During the First English Civil War Lyttelton was Colonel of the Worcestershire Horse and Foot for the King in 1642. He was taken prisoner by Tinker Fox at Bewdley in 1644,[1][2] imprisoned in the Tower of London and fined £4,000.[1]

Lyttelton died in 1650 and is buried in Worcester Cathedral.[1]

Family

Lyttelton married Catherine, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Crompton, of Driffield, Yorks.[1] They had twelve sons and four daughters of whom five sons and three daughters died while children. The survivors were:[3]

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir Henry Bromsley
Sir William Ligon
MP for Worcestershire
1615-1626
With: Sir Samuel Sandys 1615-1624
Sir Walter Devereux, Bt 1625
William Russell 1625
Sir John Rous 1626
Succeeded by
Thomas Coventry
Sir Thomas Bromley
Preceded by
Thomas Coventry
Sir Thomas Bromley
MP for Worcestershire
1640
With: Sir John Pakington, Bt
Succeeded by
John Wilde
Humphrey Salwey
Baronetage of England
New creation Baronet
(of Frankley)
1618–1650
Succeeded by
Henry Lyttelton