Lyttleton, William Henry, 1724-1808

found: The laws of Jamaica: comprehending all the acts in force, passed between the thirty-second year of the reign of King Charles the Second, and the thirty-third year of the reign of King George the Third ..., 1792 :v. 1, p. [xxviii] (His Excellency William Henry Lyttleton, Esquire, governor and commander in chief of that island)

found: DNB online, viewed Aug. 14, 2013(William Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton; William Henry Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, December 24 1724-September 14, 1808; appointed governor of South Carolina in 1755; appointed governor of Jamaica In 1762 where he served in that position until 1766; in 1766 he was sent as ambassador to Portugal. Recalled to England in 1771, he re-entered Parliament as member for Bewdley in October 1774, and on 29 April 1776 was raised to the peerage of Ireland as Baron Westcote of Balamare, co. Longford, and on 5 June was appointed one of the commissioners of the treasury, but resigned office in March 1782. On the death of his nephew Thomas, second baron Lyttelton, in 1779, when the English barony became extinct, he succeeded to the baronetcy and estates, and on 13 Aug. 1794 he was raised to the peerage of Great Britain as Lord Lyttelton, baron of Frankley; he died at Hagley on September 14, 1808)