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Knebworth House in 2007. Knebworth House is an English country house in the parish of Knebworth in Hertfordshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1] Its gardens are also listed Grade II* on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. [2] In its surrounding park are the medieval St. Mary's Church and the Lytton family mausoleum.
John Peter Michael Scawen Lytton, 5th Earl of Lytton (born 7 June 1950), styled Viscount Knebworth from 1951 to 1985, is a British chartered surveyor, hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords.
Philip Lytton, Viscount Knebworth: Remainder to: 1st Earl's heirs male lawfully begotten: Subsidiary titles: Viscount Knebworth Baron Wentworth Baron Lytton Baronet (of Knebworth) Seat(s) Newbuildings Place: Former seat(s) Knebworth House: Motto: Hoc Virtutis Opus ("This is the work of virtue") [2]
Edward Antony James Bulwer-Lytton, Viscount Knebworth (13 May 1903 – 1 May 1933), was a British pilot and Conservative politician. Knebworth was the eldest son of Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, and his wife, Pamela, daughter of Sir Trevor Chichele-Plowden. Lady Hermione Lytton was his sister. He was educated at Eton and Oxford ...
Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton (9 August 1876 – 25 October 1947), styled Viscount Knebworth from 1880 to 1891, was a British politician and colonial administrator. He served as Governor of Bengal between 1922 and 1927 and was briefly Acting Viceroy of India in 1926.
Lytton was created Earl of Lytton, in the County of Derby, and Viscount Knebworth, of Knebworth in the County of Hertford. [6] On 10 January 1881, Lytton made his maiden speech in the House of Lords, in which he censured in Gladstone's devolutionist Afghan policy.
The mausoleum was commissioned by Elizabeth Bulwer-Lytton (née Warburton-Lytton) and built in 1817 in memory of her parents Richard Warburton-Lytton (1745–1810) and Elizabeth (née Jodrell) of Knebworth House. It is set in parkland at a distance from the Church of St Mary and St Thomas, a Grade I listed building.
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