Viscount Chandos

Viscount Chandos, of Aldershot in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and held by a branch of the Lyttelton family.

It was created in 1954 for the businessman and public servant Oliver Lyttelton.

He lost his seat in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act of 1999, which removed the automatic right of hereditary peers to sit in the upper chamber of Parliament.

However, in 2000 he was given a life peerage as Baron Lyttelton of Aldershot, of Aldershot in the County of Hampshire,[2] and was thus able to return to the House of Lords, where he now sits on the Labour benches.

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon.

Arms of the Viscounts Chandos from the Lyttelton family , incorporating a 'cross moline', the mark of cadency for the eighth son
St John the Baptist Church, Hagley , banner of the 1st Viscount Chandos as Knight of the Garter