Edward Littleton, first Baron Lyttleton (likewise Littelton) (1589 – 27 August 1645), from Munslow in Shropshire, was a Chief Justice of North Wales. He was slid from the judge and legitimate researcher, Thomas de Littleton. His dad, likewise Edward, had been Chief Justice of North Wales previously him 

 Instruction and vocation 

 He was taught at Oxford under the steady gaze of turning into a legal counselor. In 1614 he turned into a MP for Bishop's Castle, Shropshire in the Addled Parliament. In 1625 he was again come back to Parliament for Leominster and Caernarfon district. In 1628 he was administrator of the Committee of Grievances upon whose report the Petition of Right was based. 

 As an individual from the gathering contradicted to the discretionary measures of Charles I, Littleton had indicated more control than some of his associates, and in 1634, three years after he had been picked Recorder of London, the lord joined him to his own particular side by naming him Solicitor General. In the popular case about ship cash, Sir Edward contended against John Hampden. In 1640, he was made Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. 


The Great Seal 

 An eighteenth century mezzotint of Littleton, after Van Dyck 

 In 1641, when the past attendant, John Finch, fled into oust, Littleton was selected Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. He was raised to the Peerage as Baron Lyttelton. 

 As the Lord Keeper Littleton had started to show a specific measure of lack of interest to the illustrious reason. In January 1642, he declined to put the Great Seal to the decree for the capture of five individuals and he likewise caused the disappointment of Charles by voting in favor of the Militia statute. Be that as it may, he guaranteed his companion Edward Hyde, subsequently Earl of Clarendon, that he had just made this move to relieve the doubts of the parliamentary party who mulled over denying him of the seal, and he attempted to send this to the King. He satisfied his guarantee, and in May 1642, he himself joined Charles at York, however it was some time before he recovered the support of the ruler and the care of the seal. 

 Demise 

 Littleton passed on at Oxford on 27 August 1645; he cleared out no children and his barony ended up plainly wiped out. His lone girl, Anne, wedded her cousin, Sir Thomas Littleton, second Baronet. Their child, Sir Thomas Littleton (ca. 1647-1710), was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1698 to 1700, and Treasurer of the Navy from 1700 to 1710.