Rowland Lytton [SEP] date of death
Rowland Lytton
Sir Rowland Lytton (c. 1615 – 1 November 1674) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1656 and 1660.
Lytton was the son of Sir William Lytton of Knebworth, and his wife Anne Slaney, daughter of Stephen Slaney of Norton Shropshire. He was schooled at Hertford and was admitted to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1632. In 1633 he was admitted at the Inner Temple.
In 1656, Lytton was elected Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire in the Second Protectorate Parliament
by King Charles who tried to negotiate peace at Oxford in 1643, (They failed to reach terms and the war was to continue for three more years). Lytton was excluded from parliament under Pride's Purge in 1648.
On his death he was buried at Knebworth and succeeded by his son Rowland.
Family.
Lytton married firstly Anne Slaney, daughter of Stephen Slaney of Norton Shropshire. He married secondly Ruth Barrington, daughter of Francis Barrington of Barrington Hall. His son Rowland was later MP for Hertfordshire.