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unusual facts about Charles Lyttelton, 8th Viscount Cobham


Henry Guest

In 1911, he married Honourable Frances Lyttelton (1885–1918), daughter of the 8th Viscount Cobham.


Bernard Quaife

He retired at the end of the season, although he acted as captain for a large number of games in the absence through illness of usual captain Charles Lyttelton for most of the summer.

Cecil Pullan

Captaining the county in the absence of Charles Lyttleton, he made a career-best 84 in the first innings and followed this up with 55 in the second.

Charles Lyttelton

Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham (1909–1977), Governor General of New Zealand and English cricketer; captain of Worcestershire in the 1930s

Cobham Intermediate School

Cobham was originally named Fendalton Intermediate but that caused confusion between Fendalton Open Air School so the governor-general of New Zealand, Viscount Cobham, allowed Cobham to use his name.

Cyril Walters

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Denis Evers

He played only once in 1937, but made four appearances the following year, standing in as captain on the last three of those occasions in the absence of usual captain Charles Lyttelton.

Ian Hamilton Burrows

Following his return to New Zealand, he served as Aide-de-Camp to Governor General, Lord Cobham, before spending two years as Adjutant of the Nelson Marlborough West Coast Regiment.

John Lyttelton, 9th Viscount Cobham

He died in July 1949, aged 67, and was succeeded in his titles by his son Charles, who later served as Governor-General of New Zealand.

Lyttelton Peak

It was mapped by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–62) and given the family name of Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, the then Governor-General of New Zealand.

Mortimer's Patch

It featured actors Terence Cooper, Sean Duffy, Don Selwyn and Jim Hickey and depicted detective and police work in the fictional town of "Cobham".

Studholme College

During the School's Golden Jubilee in 1961, the new Studholme Hall was officially opened by the then Governor-General, Sir Charles Lyttelton


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