Family and Education
b. c. 1615, o.s. of Sir William Lytton of Knebworth by 1st w. Anne, da. and h. of Stephen Slaney of Norton, Salop. educ. Hertford sch.; Sidney Sussex, Camb. matric. 24 Jan. 1632, aged 17; I. Temple 1633, travelled abroad (Italy) 1635-6. m. (1) Judith (d. 13 May 1659), da. and coh. of Thomas Edwards, Mercer, of London and Wadhurst, Suss., 2s. 2da.; (2) settlement 12 June 1661, Rebecca (d. 23 Mar. 1686), da. and coh. of Thomas Chapman, Draper, of Soper Lane, London and Wormley, Herts., wid. of Thomas Playters of Sotterley, Suff., and of Sir Richard Lucy, 1st Bt., of Broxbourne, Herts., 1da. Kntd. 27 June 1660; suc. fa. Aug. 1660.Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 377-8, 384; PC2/44/390; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 249; The Gen. n.s. xxxiv. 4-5.
Offices Held
Commr. for new model ordinance, Herts. 1645, assessment 1645 – 50, 1657, Jan. 1660 – d.; j.p. Herts. and Mon. 1656 – July 1660, St. Albans 1656 – Sept. 1660; commr. for militia, Herts. 1659, Mar. 1660, sheriff 1662 – 63, dep. lt. 1670 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Knebworth, Herts.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
LYTTON, Rowland (c.1615-74)
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Oxford 1644
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