William Henry Lyttelton (1820–1884)
English Anglican priest and translator
The Reverend William Henry Lyttelton (1820 – 24 July 1884) was a priest in the Church of England from the Lyttelton family. He was the English translator of a number of works by the Swiss Protestant theologians Frédéric Louis Godet and Félix Bovet. He also published numerous sermons, lectures and addresses of his own, edited a devotional manual (Forms of Praise and Prayer), and wrote an essay on the geology and geography of Clent and its surroundings.
Life
William Henry Lyttelton was the youngest of the three sons of the 3rd Baron Lyttelton (1782–1837) and Lady Sarah (née Spencer, 1787–1870), daughter of the 2nd Earl Spencer. His brothers were George William (1817–1876), later the 4th Baron, and Spencer (1818–1882), who became marshal of the ceremonies to the Royal Household. They also had two sisters, Caroline (1816–1902) and Lavinia (1821–1850).
He graduated with a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree from Trinity College, Cambridge. He then pursued a career in the Church of England, where he was ordained priest and was appointed rector of Hagley in 1847 by his father, with St John the Baptist as parish church. On 28 September 1854, he married Emily Pepys (1833–1877), the daughter of Henry Pepys (1783–1860), Bishop of Worcester. His niece, Lucy Lyttelton, then aged 13 and surprised at the news, described Emily in her diary as "charitable, young (21), amiable, humble, good-looking…".
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