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The Right Honourable
The Viscount Chandos
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
19 April 2000
Life Peerage
In office
29 November 1980 – 11 November 1999
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byThe 2nd Viscount Chandos
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born12 February 1953
Political partyLabour

Thomas Orlando Lyttelton, 3rd Viscount Chandos (born 12 February 1953), is a British hereditary peer and politician for the Labour Party.[1]

Biography

A member of the Lyttelton family, Chandos is the elder son of Antony Lyttelton, 2nd Viscount Chandos and Caroline Lascelles. He was educated at Eton and Worcester College, Oxford.

Chandos succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1980[2] but lost his seat in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999. However, in 2000 he was created a life peer as Baron Lyttelton of Aldershot, of Aldershot in the County of Hampshire and was able to return to the House of Lords.[2][3]

Marriage & children

Chandos married Arabella Sarah Lucy Bailey, daughter of John Adrian Bailey and Lady Mary Baillie-Hamilton, on 19 October 1985. They have three children[4]:

  • Hon Oliver Antony Lyttelton (born 21 February 1986), heir apparent to the viscountcy.
  • Hon Benedict Lyttelton (born 30 April 1988)
  • Hon Rosanna Mary Lyttelton (born 19 March 1990)

References

  1. ^ Chandos. "Chandos, 3rd Viscount". Who's Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ a b Chandos. "Chandos, 2nd Viscount". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)[1]
  3. ^ "Crown Office". www.thegazette.co.uk. Her Majesty's Government. 26 April 2000. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  4. ^ The peerage.com, entry for 3rd Viscount Chandos

External links

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Viscount Chandos
1980–present 		Incumbent


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