Baron Lyttelton

On his death the titles passed to his younger brother, the third Baronet, He represented Bewdley in Parliament.

In 1755 he was created Baron Lyttelton, of Frankley in the County of Worcester, in the Peerage of Great Britain.

In 1776, three years before he succeeded in the baronetcy, he was created Baron Westcote, of Balamere in the County of Longford, in the Peerage of Ireland.

In 1794 he was further created Baron Lyttelton, of Frankley in the County of Worcester, in the Peerage of Great Britain.

His son, the fourth Baron, was briefly Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies in 1846 under Sir Robert Peel and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire.

In 1889 he succeeded his distant relative Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, as eighth Baron and Viscount Cobham, according to the aforementioned special remainder in the letters patent.

Arms of Lyttelton: Argent, a chevron between three escallops sable
Arms of Lyttelton with supporters and crest
St John the Baptist Church, Hagley , memorials to two barons Lyttelton of the 1756 creation