Edward Lyttelton

Edward Lyttelton

"Haileybury" Lyttelton as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, May 1901
Personal information
Full name	Edward Lyttelton
Born	(1855-07-23)23 July 1855 Westminster, London, England
Died	26 January 1942(1942-01-26) (aged 86) Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1875–1878	Cambridge University
1878–1882	Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 57 Runs scored 2013 Batting average 22.36 100s/50s 1/9 Top score 113 Balls bowled 136 Wickets 1 Bowling average 50.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1–4 Catches/stumpings 43/0
Source: CricketArchive, 7 September 1882

Rev. Hon. Edward Lyttelton (23 July 1855 – 26 January 1942) was an English sportsman, schoolmaster and cleric from the Lyttelton family. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Middlesex as well as representing the England national football team.

Lyttelton was educated at Eton College followed by Trinity College, Cambridge. At Cambridge, he was a member and club librarian of the University Pitt Club.

He came from a sporting family, with five brothers playing first-class cricket, Alfred, Charles, George, Arthur ("Right") and Robert. His father, George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton, was a British aristocrat and Tory politician. His brother-in-law, Cyril Alington, was a scholar who later wrote a book called Edward Lyttelton: An Appreciation.

From 1880 to 1882, Lyttelton worked as an assistant master at Wellington College, and then at Eton College during which time he was ordained in 1886 following residence at Cuddesdon College. He was appointed Headmaster of Haileybury College in 1890, where he remained until 1905. Lyttelton was a canon of St Albans Cathedral from 1895 to 1905.