Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet (1686 – 14 September 1751) was the eldest son of Sir Charles Lyttelton, 3rd Baronet

Sir Charles Lyttelton, 3rd Baronet

Sir Charles Lyttelton, 3rd Baronet was the second son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet. He inherited the baronetcy and the family estates in Frankley, Halesowen, Hagley, and Upper Arley on the death of his brother Sir Henry Lyttelton, 2nd Baronet in 1693...

 and inherited the family estates in Frankley

Frankley

Frankley is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire, near the border with Birmingham. The modern Frankley estate is part of the New Frankley civil parish in Birmingham, and has been part of the city since 1995. The parish has a population of 122.-St Leonards...

, Halesowen

Halesowen

Halesowen is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands, England.The population, as measured by the United Kingdom Census 2001, was 55,273...

, Hagley

Hagley

Hagley is a village and civil parish on the northern boundary of Worcestershire, England, near to the towns of Kidderminster and Stourbridge. The parish had a population of 4,283 in 2001, but the whole village had a population of perhaps 5,600, including the part in Clent parish...

, and Upper Arley

Upper Arley

Upper Arley is a village is a village and civil parish near Kidderminster in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 645.- Amenities :...

 on his death in 1716.

He married on 8 May 1708 Christian, daughter of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet

Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet

Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and from 1660 to 1697....

 of Stowe

Stowe House

Stowe House is a Grade I listed country house located in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the home of Stowe School, an independent school. The gardens , a significant example of the English Landscape Garden style, along with part of the Park, passed into the ownership of The National Trust...

. Her brother Sir Richard Temple, 4th Baronet

Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham

Field Marshal Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham PC was a British soldier and Whig politician. He was known for his ownership of and modifications to the estate at Stowe and for serving as a political mentor to the young William Pitt.-Early life:Temple was the son of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd...

 was created Viscount Cobham

Viscount Cobham

Viscount Cobham is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1718 for Field Marshal Richard Temple, 1st Baron Cobham and 4th Baronet, of Stowe...

 with special remainder (in default of his own heirs male) to his sister Christian and her heirs male and in default of them to the heirs male of Christian. This latter remainder took effect in 1889 when her descendant Charles, Lord Lyttelton

Charles Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobham

Charles George Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobham , known as The Lord Lyttelton from 1876 to 1889, was a British peer and Liberal Member of Parliament.-Biography:...

 succeeded as Viscount Cobham.

Sir Thomas was elected as one of the Members of Parliament for Worcestershire

Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

Worcestershire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented until 1832 by two Members of Parliament, traditionally referred...

 in 1721 and served until 1734, then for Camelford

Camelford (UK Parliament constituency)

Camelford was a rotten borough in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1552 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...

 until 1741. He held office as one of the Lords of the Admiralty from 1727 to 1741.

He was succeeded by his son George Lyttelton

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton PC , known as Sir George Lyttelton, Bt between 1751 and 1756, was a British politician and statesman and a patron of the arts.-Background and education:...

. His second son was Charles Lyttelton

Charles Lyttelton (bishop)

Charles Lyttelton was an English churchman and antiquary, bishop of Carlisle from 1762.-Life:He was third son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet, by his wife Christian, daughter of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet of Stowe, Buckinghamshire...

, Bishop of Carlisle and antiquary. His fifth son William Henry Lyttelton

William Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton

William Henry Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton was the youngest son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet.As the youngest son, he did not expect to inherit the family estates and served in various government appointments. He became governor of colonial South Carolina in 1755, Governor of Jamaica in...

 succeeded as 7th baronet and was created Lord Westcote (an Irish title) in 1776 and then Baron Lyttelton

Baron Lyttelton

Lord Lyttelton, Baron of Frankley, in the County of Worcester, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain, created in 1794. Since 1889 it is a subsidiary title of the viscountcy of Cobham....

in 1794.