Full name: | Charles George Lyttelton |
Born: | 27th October 1842, Hagley Hall, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England |
Died: | 9th June 1922, Hagley Hall, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England |
Batting: | Right-hand batter |
Bowling: | underarm |
Occasional wicket-keeper | |
Biography: | MP for East Worcestershire 1868-74. Succeeded his father as 5th Viscount Cobham in 1876, and a distant kinsman as 8th Viscount Cobham in March 1889. Railway Commissioner 1891-1905. Chairman, Royal Commission on Agriculture 1880; Chairman, Great Western Railway. MCC President 1886-87. |
Education: | Eton College; Trinity College, Cambridge |
Relations: | Brother-in-law: Earl of Leicester; Brother: A Lyttelton; Brother: NG Lyttelton; Brother: AT Lyttelton; Brother: E Lyttelton; Brother: GWS Lyttelton; Brother: RH Lyttelton; Father: GW Lyttelton; Grandson: JA Lyttelton; Grandson: CJ Lyttelton; Nephew: NS Talbot; Son: GW Lyttelton; Son: CF Lyttelton; Son: JC Lyttelton |
Teams: | Cambridge University (Main FC: 1861-1864); All teams |
Eton College Captain: 1860 |
Lists of matches and more detailed statistics |