Ancestors
- Thomas de Littleton, (c. 1407–1481) author of Treatise on Tenures.
- Sir William Lyttleton of Frankley (d. 1507)
- John Lyttelton (d.1531)
- Sir John Lyttelton (1520-1590)
- Gilbert Lyttelton (?–1599)
- Humphrey Littleton Gunpowder plotter (?–1606) a younger brother
- John Lyttelton (MP) (?–1601)
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