Antony Lyttelton, 2nd Viscount Chandos
The Viscount Chandos | |
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| Preceded by | Oliver Lyttelton |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Lyttelton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 October 1920 |
| Died | 28 November 1980 (aged 60) |
Antony Alfred Lyttelton, 2nd Viscount Chandos (23 October 1920 – 28 November 1980) was a British soldier and peer[1][2] from the Lyttelton family.
Biography[]
Lord Chandos was the son of Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos, and Lady Moira Godolphin Osborne, a daughter of George Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1][2] Chandos served in the General Staff during World War II in the Mediterranean from 1942–45, where he was mentioned in dispatches.[1] In 1950 Chandos joined the stockbrokers Panmure Gordon & Co. where he stayed until 1975.[1]
Marriage & children[]
Chandos married Caroline Mary Lascelles, daughter of Sir Alan Lascelles, on 20 May 1949. They had two sons and two daughters:[3]
- Hon Laura Katherine Lyttelton (born 18 May 1950)
- Thomas Orlando Lyttelton, 3rd Viscount Chandos, Baron Lyttelton of Aldershot (life peerage), (born 12 February 1953).
- Hon Matthew Peregrine Antony Lyttelton (born 21 April 1956)
- Hon Deborah Claire Lyttelton (born 18 September 1963)
Lord Chandos died in 1980 and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his elder son, Thomas.[1][2]
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Chandos
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Chandos, 2nd Viscount". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 2014-12-23. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Chandos, Viscount (UK, 1954)". Cracroft's Peerage. 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
- ^ The peerage.com, entry for 2nd Viscount Chandos
- 1920 births
- 1980 deaths
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Lyttelton family
- People educated at Eton College
- Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom