William Henry Lyttelton

The Reverend William Henry Lyttelton (1820 – 24 July 1884) was a priest in the Church of England from the Lyttelton family. He was the English translator of a number of works by the Swiss Protestant theologians Frédéric Louis Godet and Félix Bovet. He also published numerous sermons, lectures and addresses of his own, edited a devotional manual (Forms of Praise and Prayer), and wrote an essay on the geology and geography of Clent and its surroundings.

Life William Henry Lyttelton was the youngest of the three sons of the 3rd Baron Lyttelton (1782–1837) and Lady Sarah (née Spencer, 1787–1870), daughter of the 2nd Earl Spencer. His brothers were George William (1817–1876), later the 4th Baron, and Spencer (1818–1882), who became marshal of the ceremonies to the Royal Household. They also had two sisters, Caroline (1816–1902) and Lavinia (1821–1850).

He graduated with a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree from Trinity College, Cambridge. He then pursued a career in the Church of England, where he was ordained priest and was appointed rector of Hagley Emily died without issue in 1877, probably at the rectory. Under her husband's will, an Emily Lyttelton Fund was set up in 1884 in her memory for local nursing purposes.

William Henry Lyttelton later rose to the office of Canon of Gloucester Cathedral

As translator Frédéric Godet, Biblical Studies (London, 1875, 1876, 1882) Frédéric Godet, Lectures in Defence of the Christian Faith (Edinburgh, 1881; 2nd edition 1883) Félix Bovet, Egypt, Palestine and Phoenicia: A Visit to Sacred Lands (London, 1882)

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