Portrait of Lyttelton by Henry Walter Barnett, 1903
Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office 11 October 1903 – 4 December 1905
Monarch
Edward VII
Prime Minister
Arthur Balfour
Preceded by
Joseph Chamberlain
Succeeded by
The Earl of Elgin
Member of Parliament for Westminster St George's
In office 15 June 1906 – 5 July 1913
Preceded by
Heneage Legge
Succeeded by
Alexander Henderson
Member of Parliament for Warwick and Leamington
In office 7 August 1895 – 8 February 1906
Preceded by
Arthur Peel
Succeeded by
Thomas Berridge
Personal details
Born
(1857-02-07)7 February 1857 Westminster, London, U.K.
Died
5 July 1913(1913-07-05) (aged 56) London, U.K.
Nationality
British
Political party
Unionist (1912–1913)
Other political affiliations
Liberal Unionist (1895–1912)
Spouses
Laura Tennant
(m. 1885; died 1886)
Edith Balfour
(m. 1892)
Children
4
Parent(s)
George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton Mary Glynne
Alma mater
Trinity College, Cambridge
Caricature of Lyttelton keeping wicket in I Zingari colours, by Carlo Pellegrini, 1884
Cricket information
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm slow
International information
National side
England
Test debut (cap 25)
6 September 1880 v Australia
Last Test
13 August 1884 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition
Test
First-class
Matches
4
101
Runs scored
94
4,429
Batting average
15.66
27.85
100s/50s
0/0
7/20
Top score
31
181
Balls bowled
48
316
Wickets
4
4
Bowling average
4.75
43.00
5 wickets in innings
0
0
10 wickets in match
0
0
Best bowling
4/19
4/19
Catches/stumpings
2/0
134/70
Source: CricInfo, 6 November 2022
Alfred Lyttelton KC (7 February 1857 – 5 July 1913) was a British politician and sportsman from the Lyttelton family who excelled at both football and cricket. During his time at university he participated in Varsity Matches in five sports: cricket (1876–79), football (1876–78), athletics (1876; selected to throw the hammer), rackets (1877–79) and real tennis (1877–79), displaying an ability that made him arguably the pre-eminent sportsman of his generation; his only rival in terms of versatility was Oxford's Cuthbert Ottaway. He was, among numerous other achievements, the first man to represent England at both football and cricket. Lyttelton was also a successful politician and served as Secretary of State for the Colonies between 1903 and 1905.
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