Family and Education
b. 25 May 1803, 3rd s. of Gen. William Earle Bulwer (d. 1807) of Heydon Hall and Wood Dalling, Norf. and Elizabeth Barbara, da. and h. of Richard Lytton (formerly Warburton) of Knebworth, Herts.; bro. of William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer*. educ. by Dr. Ruddock at Fulham, Mdx.; Dr. Thomas Redman Hooker at Rottingdean, Suss.; Rev. Charles Wallington at Ealing, Mdx.; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1821, migrated to Trinity Hall 1822. m. 29 Aug. 1827, Rosina Doyle, da. of Francis Massy Wheeler of Lizzard Connell, co. Limerick, 1s. 1da. d.v.p. cr. bt. 18 July 1838; Bar. Lytton 14 July 1866; GCMG 30 June 1869; suc. mother to Lytton estate at Knebworth 1843 and took additional name of Lytton by royal lic. 20 Feb. 1844. d. 18 Jan.1873.
Offices Held
Sec. of state for war and colonies June 1858 – June 1859; PC 5 June 1858.
Rect. Glasgow Univ. 1856 – 59.
Main residence: 36 Hertford Street, Mdx.
Notes
The Life (1883) by his son Edward Robert, 1st Earl Lytton, covers the period 1803-32. The Life (1913) by his grandson, Victor Alexander George, 2nd Earl Lytton, covers the same ground and deals with the rest of Bulwer’s life. See also C.W. Snyder, Liberty and Morality (1995); L.G. Mitchell, Bulwer Lytton (2003); Oxford DNB.
Volume
Commons 1820-1832
Web Title
BULWER, Edward George Lytton Earle (1803-1873)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion