Antony Lyttelton, 2nd Viscount Chandos

The Viscount Chandos
The Right Honourable; The Viscount Chandos
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.

Arms of the Viscount Chandos 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

"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)
"Chandos, Viscount (UK, 1954)". Cracroft's Peerage. 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
The peerage.com, entry for 2nd Viscount Chandos

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Oliver Lyttelton	Viscount Chandos 21 January 1972 – 28 November 1980	Succeeded by Thomas Lyttelton

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[:0-1] "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)

[:1-2] "Chandos, Viscount (UK, 1954)". Cracroft's Peerage. 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2014-12-23.

[3] The peerage.com, entry for 2nd Viscount Chandos