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Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
Owen Meredith
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton GCB GCSI GCIE PC (8 November 1831–24 November 1891) was an English statesman and poet.
The son of the novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, he was educated at Harrow School and at the University of Bonn. When eighteen years old, he went to the United States as private secretary of his uncle, Sir Henry Bulwer, who was Minister at Washington, DC.
When twenty-five years old, he published in London a volume of poems under the name of Owen Meredith. He went on to publish several other volumes under the same name. The most popular one is "Lucile", a story in verse.
He was later secretary at different courts in Europe and Minister to Portugal and France. From 1876 to 1880 he was Viceroy and Governor-General of India. Lytton's tenure as Viceroy coincided with one of the worst recorded famines, and his uncompromising implementation of British Colonial Policy was a factor in its severity.
He succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Lytton in 1873, and in 1880 was created Viscount Knebworth, of Knebworth in the County of Hertford, and Earl of Lytton, in the County of Derby.
External link
- Works by Owen Meredith at Project Gutenberg
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by The Lord Northbrook | Viceroy of India 1876–1880 | Succeeded by The Marquess of Ripon |
| Diplomatic Posts | ||
| Preceded by The Earl Lyons | British Ambassador to France 1887–1891 | Succeeded by The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by New Creation | Earl of Lytton 1880–1891 | Succeeded by Victor Bulwer-Lytton |
| Preceded by Edward Bulwer-Lytton | Baron Lytton 1873–1891 | |
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