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William Henry Lyttleton

LYTTLETON, William Henry (Baron West-cote), governor of South Carolina, born in England about 1720; died 14 September, 1808. He was a younger son of Sir Thomas Lyttleton, bart. In 1755 he was appointed governor of South Carolina, and held the post till 1760, when he was transferred to Jamaica. He was British minister to Portugal in 1766. On 31 July, 1776, he was raised to the Irish peerage, as Baron Westcote of Ballymore, and in 1779, on the death of his nephew, Thomas, the baronetage reverted to him. In 1794 he was created a peer of Great Britain, with the title of Lord Lyttleton, Baron of Frankley, which had been bestowed already on his brother, Sir George, the poet, but had expired with his nephew.

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