LYTTELTON, EDWARD, Lord Lyttelton, keeper of the great seal in the reign of Charles I. was eminent for his probity and moderation at the commencement of that monarch's disputes with his subjects. Without forfeiting his fidelity to the king, he preserved the esteem of the parliament until the year 1644, when he was made colonel of a regiment in the king's army at York. He died in 1645. Besides several of his speeches, which have been printed, he wrote reports in the Common Pleas and Exchequer, printed at London in 1683, in folio; several arguments and discourses; and various other things.