Edward Littleton, 2nd Baron Hatherton

The 2nd Baron Hatherton was buried before the altar of St. Michael and All Angels church, Penkridge, Staffordshire.

Edward Richard Littleton, 2nd Baron Hatherton (31 December 1815 – 2 April 1888), was a British peer and Liberal Member of Parliament from the extended Littleton/Lyttelton family.

Hatherton was the son of Edward John Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton, and Hyacinthe Mary Wellesley, eldest illegitimate daughter of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley. He was elected to the House of Commons for Walsall in 1847, a seat he held until 1852. He then represented Staffordshire Southern from 1853 until 1857.[1] In 1863 he succeeded his father as second Baron Hatherton and entered the House of Lords. He was not so active a politician as his father and Hansard records only two interventions in Parliament - one in the Commons, and one in the Lords.

Lord Hatherton married Lady Margaret Percy, daughter of George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland, in 1841. He died in April 1888, aged 72, and was succeeded in the barony by his son Edward. Lady Hatherton died in 1897.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Robert Wellbeloved Scott
Member of Parliament for Walsall
1847–1852
Succeeded by
Charles Forster
Preceded by
George Anson and
Viscount Lewisham
Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire
1853–1857
With: Viscount Lewisham 1853–1854
Earl of Uxbridge 1854–1857
Succeeded by
William Orme Foster and
Henry John Wentworth Hodgetts-Foley
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edward John Littleton
Baron Hatherton
1863–1888
Succeeded by
Edward George Littleton
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