Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet

Who was Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet?

Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet was the eldest son of John Lyttelton and inherited the family estates in Frankley, Halesowen, Hagley, and Upper Arley from his mother, Meriel, the daughter of Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor of England. The estates had been restored to her by James I after their forfeiture due to his father's conviction of high treason.

Lyttelton was educated at Balliol College, Oxford and the Inner Temple and created a baronet in 1618. He was an elected a Member of parliament for Worcestershire in 1620-02, 1624–26, and the Short Parliament of 1640.

During the First English Civil War Lyttelton was Colonel of the Worcestershire Horse and Foot for the King in 1642. He was taken prisoner by Tinker Fox at Bewdley in 1644, imprisoned in the Tower of London and fined £4000.

He is buried in Worcester Cathedral. He had married Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Crompton, of Driffield, Yorks.