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Sir Rowland Lytton (also Roland Litton) (28 September 1561 – 23 June 1615) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1586 and 1611. ==Life== Rowland Lytton was the only son of Rowland Lytton of Knebworth, Hertfordshire, and his second wife, Anne Carleton, daughter of John Carleton of Brightwell Baldwin, Oxfordshire, and sister of George Carleton.〔(Lytton, Sir Rowland (1561-1615), of Knebworth, Hertfordshire, History of Parliament ) Retrieved 15 December 2013.〕 He was admitted to Caius College, Cambridge in 1576 at age 14, and to Gray's Inn in 1579. He succeeded his father in 1582. Lytton was a Member of Parliament for Truro, Cornwall from 1586 to 1587.〔(Browne WIllis ''Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences'' 1750 )〕 He was a Justice of the Peace for Hertfordshire in 1587 to his death and Sheriff of Hertfordshire for 1594–95〔 He was MP for Hertfordshire from 1597 to 1598. In 1603, he was knighted and was MP for Hertfordshire again from 1604 to 1611.〔 His son William Lytton was also MP for Herefordshire. He was a Deputy Lieutenant for Essex from 1605 until his death. He died in 1615 and was buried in his chapel at Knebworth church. He had married Anne, the daughter of Sir Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso, and widow of Robert Corbet of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire. They had 3 sons and 4 daughters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roland Lytton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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