Talk:Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Lyttelton

Littleton, Lyttelton or Lyttleton

In general Lyttelton is frequently misspelt Lyttleton, probably because we have the spelling "little" and the earlier family spelling of "Littleton" (rather like the spelling of Duke of Wellington's name from Wesley to Wellesley). Although all three spellings are used for this man's title and it is possible that his was spelt Lyttleton, the Dictionary of National Biography spells his title Lyttelton p. 369 of Volume 34 and in Volume 33 p. 366 his entry is given as "Littleton, Edward, Lord Littleton".

In a detailed biography of him (John Campbell Campbell, Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England: From the Earliest Times Till the Reign of King George IV, John Murray, 1857 p. 281) gives his title as "Lord Littleton of Mounslow". So given these two sources I am going to move the page and put in another link to cover the Lyttelton spelling. -- PBS (talk) 03:03, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Further confusion

The confusion seems complete. The colour portrait on this page appears to be identical to the one on Sir Edward Littleton, 1st Baronet, who was a contemporary and distant relative with the same name. I'd like to clarify who it really is, as I might find it useful to use a portrait of the latter in connection with the Penkridge page.Sjwells53 (talk) 19:36, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

The portrait cannot be the Staffordshire baronet. The pictured man is in judicial robes and an SS collar of office that judges then wore. The baronet however, though educated in the Inns of Court was never a judge.Cloptonson (talk) 20:19, 16 June 2021 (UTC)