Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
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Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton GCB GCSI GCIE PC (8 November 1831–24 November 1891) was an English statesman and poet, under the pen name of Owen Meredith.
The son of the novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, he was educated at Harrow School and at the University of Bonn. When eighteen years old, he went to the United States as private secretary of his uncle, Sir Henry Bulwer, who was Minister at Washington, DC.
When twenty-five years old, he published in London a volume of poems under the name of Owen Meredith. He went on to publish several other volumes under the same name. The most popular one is "Lucile", a story in verse.
On October 4, 1864 he married Edith Villiers, granddaughter of Baron Ravensworth, and they had at least seven children, including Krishnamurti's associate Emily (Lytton) Lutyens (1874-1964) and Lady Betty Balfour.
He was later secretary at different courts in Europe and Minister to Portugal and France. From 1876 to 1880 he was Viceroy and Governor-General of India. Lytton's tenure as Viceroy coincided with one of the worst recorded famines, and his uncompromising implementation of British Colonial Policy was a factor in its severity.
He succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Lytton in 1873, and in 1880 was created Viscount Knebworth, of Knebworth in the County of Hertford, and Earl of Lytton, in the County of Derby.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by The Lord Northbrook |
Viceroy of India 1876–1880 |
Succeeded by The Marquess of Ripon |
| Diplomatic posts | ||
| Preceded by The Viscount Lyons |
British Ambassador to France 1887–1891 |
Succeeded by The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New Creation |
Earl of Lytton 1880–1891 |
Succeeded by Victor Bulwer-Lytton |
| Preceded by Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
Baron Lytton 1873–1891 |
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Categories: 1831 births | 1891 deaths | Old Harrovians | Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom | Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom | Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath | Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India | Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire | Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom | Viceroys of India
