Antony Lyttelton, 2nd Viscount Chandos

The Right Honourable
The Viscount Chandos
Preceded byOliver Lyttelton
Succeeded byThomas Lyttelton
Personal details
Born(1920-10-23)23 October 1920
Died28 November 1980(1980-11-28) (aged 60)
SpouseCaroline Mary Lascelles
Children4
Parent(s)Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos
Lady Moira Godolphin Osborne
Arms of the Viscount Chandos from the Lyttelton family

Antony Alfred Lyttelton, 2nd Viscount Chandos (23 October 1920 – 28 November 1980) was a British soldier and peer[1][2] from the Lyttelton family.

Biography

Lord Chandos was the son of Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos, and Lady Moira Godolphin Osborne, a daughter of George Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1][2] Chandos served in the General Staff during World War II in the Mediterranean from 1942–45, where he was mentioned in dispatches.[1] In 1950 Chandos joined the stockbrokers Panmure Gordon & Co. where he stayed until 1975.[1]

Marriage and children

Chandos married Caroline Mary Lascelles, daughter of Sir Tommy Lascelles, on 20 May 1949. They had two sons and two daughters:[3]

Lord Chandos died in 1980 and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his elder son, Thomas.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Chandos". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 2014-12-23. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ a b c "Chandos, Viscount (UK, 1954)". Cracroft's Peerage. 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  3. ^ The peerage.com, entry for 2nd Viscount Chandos
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Viscount Chandos
21 January 1972 – 28 November 1980 		Succeeded by