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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Also Known As

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer

Born: 25 May 1803

Died: 18 January 1873

Peerages

1st Baron Lytton - 14 July 1866

1st Baronet - 18 July 1838

Member of Privy Council - 1858

son of William Earle Bulwer

son of Elizabeth Barbara Lytton

brother of William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer

husband of Rosina Doyle Wheeler

father of Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton

Education

Trinity College, Cambridge   (1822 -)

Trinity Hall, Cambridge   (- 1826)

Appointments

Elections fought

4 May 1831		St Ives	Whig	Unopposed
11 December 1832		Lincoln	Whig	490	55.81
7 January 1835		Lincoln	Whig	466	52.66
25 July 1837		Lincoln	Whig	436	50.46
30 June 1841		Lincoln	Whig	443	47.53
29 July 1847		Lincoln	Whig	436	46.09
15 July 1852		Hertfordshire	Conservative Party	2,190	52.83
31 March 1857		Hertfordshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
5 June 1858 Resignation of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Bt on appointment as Secretary of State for the Colonies.
8 June 1858		Hertfordshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
2 May 1859		Hertfordshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
24 July 1865		Hertfordshire	Conservative Party	2,485	49.63
14 July 1866 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Bt to the Peerage - Baron Lytton.