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Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos, KG, DSO, MC, PC (15 March 1893 – 21 January 1972) was a British businessman from the Lyttelton family who was brought into government during the Second World War, holding a number of ministerial posts.
Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos. (1893-1972), Businessman and politician; MP for Aldershot. Sitter in 26 portraits. In the 1920s and 1930s, Lyttelton worked for the British Metal Corporation, rising to become the firm's Managing Director.
Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos: letters and papers, 1906 - 1972, GBR/0014/CHAN I/8/1-12. The Papers of Alfred Lyttelton and Dame Edith Lyttelton, and their son Oliver Lyttelton (1st Viscount Chandos), GBR/0014/CHAN. Churchill Archives Centre. https://archivesearch.lib.cam.ac.uk/repositories/9/archival_objects/424377 Accessed June 18, 2024.
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Viscount Chandos, of Aldershot in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and held by a branch of the Lyttelton family. It was created in 1954 for the businessman and public servant Oliver Lyttelton.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Alfred Lyttelton and Dame Edith Lyttelton, and their son Oliver Lyttelton (1st Viscount Chandos)
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Military career: 15 July 1915: Lieutenant 1918: Brigade Major Political career during the Second World War: 3 October 1940 – 29 June 1941: President of the Board of Trade