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Neville Bulwer-Lytton

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Birth
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Death
1951 (aged 71–72)
Burial
Valmondois, Departement du Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France Add to Map
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Painter, Olympic Bronze Medalist. Neville Stephen Bulwer-Lytton, 3rd Earl of Lytton received recognition as a jeu de paume tennis bronze medalist at the 1908 Olympic Games in London, England. This was the only year to include jeu de paume as a medal event. In 1911, 1912, and 1913, he was an international amateur tennis champion. After being educated at Eton College, he attended L'École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, while working in the studio of Léon Bonnet and mainly exhibiting at Alpine Club Gallery and Carfax Gallery as well as later, in England at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the London's Royal Academy. As early as 1900, he started painting with mainly watercolors and exhibiting his works, continuing through 1940. Besides being a lecturer to the Art Workers' Guild in 1907, he created nudes in chalk, landscapes in watercolors and oil-on canvas portraits of eminent persons. Lytton was also elected an Associate of the Société Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris, and exhibited his art there. He painted in oil-on-canvas a collection of King Charles Spaniels. He was known for his frescoes, such as those at the War Memorial Hall in Balcombe in Sussex. During World War I, he served in the Royal Sussex Regiment at the rank of major on the Western Front and fought at both the Somme and Amiens, and receiving from French Government the Chevalier of the Legion of Honour for his bravery. He had an interesting ancestry with his father, Robert, being Viceroy of India and his grandfather, Edward, the author of the novel "The Last Days of Pompeii." Upon his older brother's death in 1947 without an heir, he received the title of 3rd Earl of Lytton. In 1899 he married Judith Blunt, who would later Baroness Wentworth, and the couple had a son and two daughters, before divorcing in 1923. In 1924 he married Rosa Alexandra Fortel and the couple had a daughter. His son, Lieutenant-Colonel Noel Anthony Scawen Lytton became the 4th Earl of Lytton and Baron Wentworth upon his parents' deaths. After his death, his widow lived almost another thirty years.
Painter, Olympic Bronze Medalist. Neville Stephen Bulwer-Lytton, 3rd Earl of Lytton received recognition as a jeu de paume tennis bronze medalist at the 1908 Olympic Games in London, England. This was the only year to include jeu de paume as a medal event. In 1911, 1912, and 1913, he was an international amateur tennis champion. After being educated at Eton College, he attended L'École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, while working in the studio of Léon Bonnet and mainly exhibiting at Alpine Club Gallery and Carfax Gallery as well as later, in England at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the London's Royal Academy. As early as 1900, he started painting with mainly watercolors and exhibiting his works, continuing through 1940. Besides being a lecturer to the Art Workers' Guild in 1907, he created nudes in chalk, landscapes in watercolors and oil-on canvas portraits of eminent persons. Lytton was also elected an Associate of the Société Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris, and exhibited his art there. He painted in oil-on-canvas a collection of King Charles Spaniels. He was known for his frescoes, such as those at the War Memorial Hall in Balcombe in Sussex. During World War I, he served in the Royal Sussex Regiment at the rank of major on the Western Front and fought at both the Somme and Amiens, and receiving from French Government the Chevalier of the Legion of Honour for his bravery. He had an interesting ancestry with his father, Robert, being Viceroy of India and his grandfather, Edward, the author of the novel "The Last Days of Pompeii." Upon his older brother's death in 1947 without an heir, he received the title of 3rd Earl of Lytton. In 1899 he married Judith Blunt, who would later Baroness Wentworth, and the couple had a son and two daughters, before divorcing in 1923. In 1924 he married Rosa Alexandra Fortel and the couple had a daughter. His son, Lieutenant-Colonel Noel Anthony Scawen Lytton became the 4th Earl of Lytton and Baron Wentworth upon his parents' deaths. After his death, his widow lived almost another thirty years.

Bio by: Linda Davis

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The grave site is maintained but the inscription is faded with time. His second wife is buried with him.



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  • Originally Created by: Linda Davis
  • Added: Jun 1, 2023
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/254685455/neville-bulwer-lytton: accessed ), memorial page for Neville Bulwer-Lytton (1879–1951), Find a Grave Memorial ID 254685455, citing Cimetière de Valmondois, Valmondois, Departement du Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France; Maintained by Find a Grave.