Edward Littleton, 2nd Baron Hatherton

Edward Richard Littleton, 2nd Baron Hatherton CB (31 December 1815 – 2 April 1888) was a British peer and Liberal Member of Parliament from the extended Littleton/Lyttelton family.[1]

The 2nd Baron Hatherton was buried before the altar of St. Michael and All Angels church, Penkridge, Staffordshire.

Hatherton was the son of Edward John Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton, and Hyacinthe Mary Wellesley, eldest illegitimate daughter of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley. He was educated at Eton College.[2]

He was elected to the House of Commons for Walsall in 1847, a seat he held until 1852. He then represented Staffordshire Southern from 1853 until 1857.[1] In 1863 he succeeded his father as second Baron Hatherton and entered the House of Lords. He was not so active a politician as his father and Hansard records only two interventions in Parliament - one in the Commons, and one in the Lords.[3]

He was also colonel of the (King's Own) 2nd Stafford Militia. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1881 Birthday Honours.[4]

Lord Hatherton married Lady Margaret Percy, second daughter of George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland, in 1841. They had five sons:[2]

  • Hon. Edward George Percy CMG (born 15 August 1842)
  • Hon. Algernon Charles, R.N. (born 1843), married Lady Margaret Needham, daughter of Francis Needham, 2nd Earl of Kilmorey
  • Hon. Henry Stuart (born 1844)
  • Hon. William Francis CMG (born 1847)
  • Rev. The Hon. Cecil James (born 1850) married Katherine, daughter of Sir Charles Robert Rowley, 4th Baronet

He died in April 1888 in London, aged 72, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Edward.[1] Lady Hatherton died in 1897.

References
  1. "Obituary". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 5 April 1888. p. 7.
  2. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. 1884. p. 341.
  3. Hansard: Hon. Edward Littleton 1815 - 1888
  4. "No. 24976". The London Gazette. 24 May 1881. pp. 2673–2675.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Robert Wellbeloved Scott		 Member of Parliament for Walsall
1847–1852		 Succeeded by
Charles Forster
Preceded by
George Anson
Viscount Lewisham		 Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire
1853–1857
With: Viscount Lewisham 1853–1854
Earl of Uxbridge 1854–1857		 Succeeded by
William Orme Foster
Henry John Wentworth Hodgetts-Foley
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edward John Littleton		 Baron Hatherton
1863–1888		 Succeeded by
Edward George Littleton
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