William Lytton [SEP] date of birth
William Lytton
Sir William Lytton (29 September 1586 – 14 August 1660) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.
Biography.
Lytton was the son of Sir Rowland Lytton of Knebworth, and his wife Anne St John, daughter of Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso and widow of Robert Corbet. He was educated at Westminster school (1601-2) and Emmanuel College, Cambridge and succeeded
William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath
William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath (29 Sep 1557 – 12 July 1623) was Lord Lieutenant of Devon. His seat was at Tawstock Court, three miles south of Barnstaple in North Devon, which he rebuilt in the Elizabethan style in 1574, the date being sculpted on the surviving gate house.
Origins.
He was born on 29 September 1557 in Devon, the eldest son of John Bourchier, Lord FitzWarin (died 1557) (who died shortly after his birth