Antony Lyttelton, 2nd Viscount Chandos

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


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)
Arms of the Viscount Chandos 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 & children

Chandos married Caroline Mary Lascelles, daughter of Sir Alan 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. "Chandos, 2nd Viscount". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2015 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 2014-12-23. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  2. "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
Oliver Lyttelton
Viscount Chandos
21 January 1972 – 28 November 1980
Succeeded by
Thomas Lyttelton
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