25 Facts About Arthur Lyttelton

Arthur Temple Lyttelton was an Anglican Bishop from the Lyttelton family.

Arthur Lyttelton later served as vicar in Eccles, before being appointed as the third Suffragan Bishop of Southampton.

Arthur Lyttelton gave and published a number of lectures relating to his faith, and was the Hulsean Lecturer in 1891.

Arthur Lyttelton was one of eleven members of the Lyttelton family to play first-class cricket.

Arthur Lyttelton was born in Westminster, London, on 7 Jan 1852, the fifth son of George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton and his first wife Mary Glynne.

Arthur Lyttelton attended Eton College, followed by Trinity College, Cambridge, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1874.

The Arthur Lyttelton family was closely associated with cricket in Worcestershire, and most of the family appeared for the county at some time.

Arthur Lyttelton played for Eton in his final year at the school, and appeared in the annual fixture against Harrow that year, his performance being of little note.

Eton won the match by 21 runs, in which Arthur Lyttelton scored two runs in the first innings and remained not out with five runs in the second.

Arthur Lyttelton batted at number ten in both innings, and did not bowl.

Arthur Lyttelton suffered a pair during a match between Worcestershire and Herefordshire in 1871.

Arthur Lyttelton never played first-class cricket for the university, but did appear against them in one match in 1872; his only first-class appearance.

Arthur Lyttelton batted at number seven, and after scoring a duck in the first innings, he scored four runs in the second of a low-scoring match in which only W G Grace passed 50 runs in an innings.

Arthur Lyttelton made a second appearance for the MCC that summer, as part of a side which beat a Worcestershire team containing two of his brothers by three wickets.

Arthur Lyttelton played little more notable cricket, turning out for the Quidnuncs and the Free Foresters infrequently.

Arthur Lyttelton was ordained as a deacon in Oxford in 1876, and as a priest the following year.

Arthur Lyttelton began his career with a curacy at St Mary's, Reading, and in 1879 became a tutor at Keble College, Oxford, a post he retained until 1882.

In 1882 Arthur Lyttelton moved with his wife to Cambridge to take up the post of first master of Selwyn College.

In 1893 Arthur Lyttelton returned to ecclesiastical work, taking up the post of Vicar of Eccles.

Arthur Lyttelton was an Honorary Chaplain to Queen Victoria from 1895 until the following year when he was appointed as Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen, a position in which he served until 1898.

Arthur Lyttelton was Lady Margaret's Preacher in each of 1885 and 1897, delivering the Hulsean Lectures in 1891.

Arthur Lyttelton was briefly named as an Honorary Canon of Manchester in 1898, but later that year ascended to the episcopate as the Bishop of Southampton, suffragan to the Bishop of Winchester.

Arthur Lyttelton was one of a number of contributors to Lux Mundi.

Arthur Lyttelton was granted a Doctorate in Divinity from the University of Cambridge in 1899.

Arthur Lyttelton died at his home in Petersfield, Hampshire on 19 February 1903.