Sir Rowland Lytton (also Roland Litton) (28 September 1561 – 23 June 1615) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the

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variously between 1586 and 1611.

Life

Rowland Lytton was the only son of Rowland Lytton of

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, and his second wife, Anne Carleton, daughter of John Carleton of

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, and sister of George Carleton. He was admitted to

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in 1576 at the age of 14, and to

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in 1579. He succeeded his father in 1582. Lytton was a Member of Parliament for

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, Cornwall from 1586 to 1587.Browne Willis ''Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences'' 1750
/ref> He was a Justice of the Peace for Hertfordshire in 1587 to his death and

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for 1594–1595. He was MP for

from 1597 to 1598. In 1603, he was

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and was MP for Hertfordshire again from 1604 to 1611. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for Essex from 1605 until his death. He died in 1615 aged 53 and was buried in his chapel at Knebworth church.

Private life

He married Anne, the daughter of Sir

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, and widow of

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of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire. They had three sons and four daughters. Anne (died 1612) married Sir William Webb and

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married George Smith and then

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. His son

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was also MP for Hertfordshire.

References

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Roland Roland (; ; or ''Rotholandus''; or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was mil ...

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