Baron Lyttelton - Ancestors

Ancestors

  • Thomas de Littleton, (c. 1407–1481) author of Treatise on Tenures.
  • Sir William Lyttleton of Frankley (d. 1507)
  • John Lyttelton (d.1531)
  • Sir John Lyttelton (1520-1590)
  • Gilbert Lyttelton (?–1599)
    • Humphrey Littleton Gunpowder plotter (?–1606) a younger brother
  • John Lyttelton (MP) (?–1601)

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