Edward Littleton, 2nd Baron Hatherton

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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. 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.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

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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