Oliver Lyttelton

Mr Oliver Lyttelton

Rush ID: 4809

Details

Born:: 15 March 1893
Died:: 21 January 1972
Birth place:: UK
Gender:: Male
Ethnicity:: White
Religion:: Unknown
Aristocratic connections:: true
Formative occupation:: Army officer
Election occupation:: Company director
Parentage:: Alfred Lyttelton MP and his second wife Edith Balfour
Notes:: None
Knighthood/Dame:: False
Highest Office:: Cabinet minister
Who's Who volume:: 4
Education level:: Graduate

References

Rush ID:: 4809
MNIS ID:: Not set
Wikidata Entity ID:: Q2892622
Parliament ID:: Not set
Beamish Person ID:: Not set

Name changes

LYTTELTON, Oliver (1893-1972)

Peerages

1st Viscount Chandos

New hereditary

1954

Constituencies

Aldershot

Party:	Conservative
Year of election:	1940*
Date of election:	26 November 1940
Nature of election:	By-election
Nature of service:	First entry
Year of exit:	1954*
Date of exit:	9 September 1954
Party:	Conservative
Nature of exit:	Elevation to peerage
Sponsorship:	None known
Constituency connections:	None known
Notes:	None

Ministerial offices

President of the Board of Trade 1940-1941
Minister of State 1941-1942

Resident in Cairo; Minister of State for War Production 1942
Minister of Production 1942-1945
President of the Board of Trade 1945

May-June 1945
Secretary of State for the Colonies 1951-1954

Higher education

Trinity College

Graduated

Schools

Eton College

Marriages

Osborne, Lady Moira Godolphin

Year: 1920

Relationships

Parties

Conservative Party member

Clubs