Alfred Lyttelton

The Right Honourable Alfred Lyttelton KC
Portrait of Lyttelton by Henry Walter Barnett, 1903
Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office 11 October 1903 – 4 December 1905
Monarch	Edward VII
Prime Minister	Arthur Balfour
Preceded by	Joseph Chamberlain
Succeeded by	The Earl of Elgin
Member of Parliament for Westminster St George's
In office 15 June 1906 – 5 July 1913
Preceded by	Heneage Legge
Succeeded by	Alexander Henderson
Member of Parliament for Warwick and Leamington
In office 7 August 1895 – 8 February 1906
Preceded by	Arthur Peel
Succeeded by	Thomas Berridge
Personal details
Born	(1857-02-07)7 February 1857 Westminster, London, U.K.
Died	5 July 1913(1913-07-05) (aged 56) London, U.K.
Nationality	British
Political party	Unionist (1912–1913)
Other political affiliations	Liberal Unionist (1895–1912)
Spouses	Laura Tennant ​ ​ (m. 1885; died 1886)​ Edith Balfour ​ (m. 1892)​
Children	4
Parent(s)	George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton Mary Glynne
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

Caricature of Lyttelton keeping wicket in I Zingari colours, by Carlo Pellegrini, 1884
Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm slow
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 25)	6 September 1880 v Australia
Last Test	13 August 1884 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 4 101 Runs scored 94 4,429 Batting average 15.66 27.85 100s/50s 0/0 7/20 Top score 31 181 Balls bowled 48 316 Wickets 4 4 Bowling average 4.75 43.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 4/19 4/19 Catches/stumpings 2/0 134/70
Source: CricInfo, 6 November 2022

Alfred Lyttelton KC (7 February 1857 – 5 July 1913) was a British politician and sportsman from the Lyttelton family who excelled at both football and cricket. During his time at university he participated in Varsity Matches in five sports: cricket (1876–79), football (1876–78), athletics (1876; selected to throw the hammer), rackets (1877–79) and real tennis (1877–79), displaying an ability that made him arguably the pre-eminent sportsman of his generation; his only rival in terms of versatility was Oxford's Cuthbert Ottaway. He was, among numerous other achievements, the first man to represent England at both football and cricket. Lyttelton was also a successful politician and served as Secretary of State for the Colonies between 1903 and 1905.