his father John made a handful of appearances for Worcestershire in the 1920s, and his uncle – another Charles – played for Worcestershire, Cambridge and MCC before the First World War. Lyttelton was a former President of the MCC when he became embroiled in what became known as the D’Oliveira affair. Bruce Murray writes that "On 12 March 1968 Vorster saw Lord Cobham, a former MCC President, in Cape Town, and told him 'quite categorically' that D’Oliveira would not be acceptable. As Cobham later recalled in a letter to Sir de Villiers Graaff, the leader of the United Party, 'As I remember, he said that a Cape Coloured, alone of all races, castes and creeds, would be likely to provide a catalyst to the potentially explosive – or possibly one should say tricky – Cape Coloured situation'. In April Lord Cobham duly conveyed this information to Billy Griffith when he saw him at Lord’s". Family Lord Cobham married Elizabeth Alison Makeig-Jones on 30 April 1942 in Chelsea, London. They had four sons and four daughters. He died in Marylebone, London, on 20 March 1977, and was survived by his wife and children. He was cremated in London; his ashes were returned to Hagley for burial in the Lyttelton plot at Hagley parish church. Children of Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham: John William Leonard Lyttelton, 11th Viscount Cobham (1943–2006); childless Hon. Juliet Meriel Lyttelton (b. 1944); married, 4 children Hon. Elizabeth Catherine Lyttelton (b. 1946); married George Cecil Brooke Weld-Forester, 8th Baron Forester, 4 children including the 9th Baron Forester Christopher Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham (b. 1947), married, 2 children. His heir apparent is his son Oliver. Hon. Richard Cavendish Lyttelton (b. 1949); married, 2 children. He is a Trustee of the EMI Music Sound Foundation and worked in the recording industry with EMI Music for many years. Hon. Nicholas Makeig Lyttelton (1951–2014); married, 1 son (died 2006) Hon. Lucy Lyttelton (b. 1954); married, 3 sons Hon. Sarah Lyttelton (1954–2015); married Nicholas Bedford, 2 daughters His Garter banner, which hung in St. George's Chapel in Windsor during his lifetime, is now on display in the church of St John the Baptist, Hagley. Arms References External links Official biography (Government House, Wellington) Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge English cricketers Governors-General of New Zealand Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and