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George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton


(b. Jan. 17, 1709, St James's, Westminster, London – d. Aug. 22, 1773, Hagley Hall, Hagley, Worcestershire )

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George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709-1773), was MP for Okehampton from 1735-1756. He was a member of the Whig opposition to Robert Walpole and after Walpole’s fall in 1755, was for a year Chancellor of the Exchequer. He married Lucy Fortescue, who died in 1747, and then Elizabeth Rich, who died in 1749. He built Hagley Hall in Worcestershire, which is still occupied by the Lyttelton family.Lyttelton was a close friend of Elizabeth Montagu, and in 1760 they published together the Dialogues of the Dead, in which twenty-five dialogues were contributed by Lyttelton and three by Montagu. His History of the Life of Henry the Second was not published until 1767-1771; Dr Johnson spoke of it disparagingly in his Lives of the Poets (1779-1781), which offended Montagu and led to a rift between her and Johnson.

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  • George Lyttelton
  • 1st Baron Lyttelton
  • Sir George Lyttelton

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Mentioned in 40 letters

Title EMCO ID
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley 947
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley 972
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 1083
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 1106
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 1107
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 1108
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 1128
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Mary Robinson 1144
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 1212
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 1247
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 1249
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 1251
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 1252
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 1253
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 1293
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 1591
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 1746
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 1750
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 1758
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 1761
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to James Beattie 1782
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Mary Robinson 1783
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 1942
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 1943
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 2025
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 2034
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 2051
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to James Beattie 2159
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to James Beattie 2160
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to James Beattie 2165
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to James Beattie 2166
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to James Beattie 2167
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to James Beattie 2176
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to James Beattie 2179
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to James Beattie 2183
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Sarah Sloane Stanley 2356
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 2586
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 2619
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 2662
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Elizabeth Carter 2666

Recipient of 130 letters

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Title Sent Received EMCO ID
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley Aug. 7, 1760 1119
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley Aug. 27, 1760 1127
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley Sept. 7, 1760 1132
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley 0/9/1760 1140
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley Oct. 4, 1760 1143
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley Oct. 11, 1760 1145
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley Oct. 21, 1760 1147
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley Oct. 31, 1760 1151
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley Nov. 12, 1760 1153
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley May 7, 1761 1205
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley June 18, 1761 1210
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley Oct. 17, 1761 1238
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley Oct. 20, 1761 1240
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley Oct. 29, 1761 1245
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley July 10, 1762 1324
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley July 10, 1762 1325
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley July 10, 1762 1326
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley July 15, 1762 1329
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley July 27, 1762 1331
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley Aug. 5, 1762 1339

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