Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
NameRev Edward LYTTLETON DD , 10405
Birth1855
Death1942
MotherMary GLYNNE , 10398 (1813-1857)
Notes for Rev Edward LYTTLETON DD
Rev. Hon. Edward Lyttelton (23 July 1855 – 26 January 1942) was an English sportsman, schoolmaster and clergyman. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Middlesex as well as representing the England national football team.

Life

Lyttelton was educated at Eton College followed by Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] He came from a sporting family, with five brothers playing first-class cricket, Alfred, Charles, George, Arthur 'Right' and Robert. His father George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton was a British aristocrat and Tory politician. The reverend's brother-in-law Cyril Alington was a scholar who later wrote a book called 'Edward Lyttelton: An Appreciation'.

From 1880 to 1892, Lyttelton worked as the Assistant Master at Wellington College, during which time he was ordained. He was appointed Headmaster of Haileybury College in 1890, where he remained until 1905. Lyttelton was the Canon of St Albans Cathedral from 1895 to 1905 and at Norwich in 1931. Between 1905 and 1916 he was the Headmaster of Eton College.[2]
A right-handed middle order batsman, Lyttelton had his best season in 1878 when he amassed 779 runs at 29.96, helping Middlesex to finish as joint Champions.[3] He scored his only first-class hundred that year, an innings of 113 which he made while playing for Middlesex against the touring Australian side, at Lord's. His century stood out as it occurred in the fourth innings, was double the next highest score in the match by either team (56) and was made despite Middlesex being bowled out for just 185.[4] According to Wisden, Lyttelton's last 76 runs came in only 74 minutes.[5] In the same season, Lyttelton took the only wicket of his first-class career, Yorkshire opening batsman George Ulyett, who also batted for England. He dismissed him, caught and bowled, in a match for Cambridge University against Yorkshire.[6] Aside from Cambridge University and Middlesex he also represented the Gentlemen cricket team, I Zingari, Marylebone Cricket Club and the South of England cricket team.[7]

Lyttelton's only full football international came in a 7–2 defeat by Scotland on 2 March 1878.[8] Another significant achievement in the sport was playing in the 1876 FA Cup Final with the Old Etonians F.C., as a defender, which they lost to the Wanderers on a replay. When picked for England he had been representing Cambridge University.
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