Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Cobham KG GCMG GCVO TD PC DL |
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Viscount Cobham on 26 August 1958 with Neil Durden-Smith in the National Art Gallery
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| 9th Governor-General of New Zealand | |
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In office 5 September 1957 – 13 September 1962 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | The Lord Norrie |
| Succeeded by | Bernard Fergusson |
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| Born | 8 August 1909 Kensington, London United Kingdom |
| Died | 20 March 1977 (aged 67) Marylebone, London United Kingdom |
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| Full name | Charles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 August 1909 Kensington, England |
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| Died | 20 March 1977 (aged 67) Marylebone, England |
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| Batting style | Right-hand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1932–1939 | Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1935–1936 | MCC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 25 June 1932 Worcestershire v Gloucestershire |
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| Last First-class | 24 February 1961 New Zealand Governor's XI v MCC |
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Charles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, KG GCMG GCVO TD PC DL (8 August 1909 – 20 March 1977) was the ninth Governor-General of New Zealand and an English cricketer from the Lyttelton family.
Lyttelton was born in Kensington, London, the son of John Lyttelton, 9th Viscount Cobham, and Violet Yolande Leonard. He was a cousin of the musician Humphrey Lyttelton. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a law degree in 1932. He had a family connection with New Zealand, where he became Governor-General, through his great-grandfather George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton, who was chairman of the Canterbury Association and contributed financially to the early development of Christchurch. Hagley Park is named after their family estate (Hagley Park, Worcestershire), and the port town of Lyttelton bears his great-grandfather's name. He visited New Zealand in 1950 in relation to property holdings in Christchurch.
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