Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

(1803-1873)

British politician

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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC (25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873) was an English writer and politician. He served as a Whig member of Parliament from 1831 to 1841 and a Conservative from 1851 to 1866. He was Secretary of State for the Colonies from June 1858 to June 1859, choosing Richard Clement Moody as founder of British Columbia. He declined the Crown of Greece in 1862 after King Otto abdicated. He was created Baron Lytton of Knebworth in 1866. His marriage to the writer Rosina Bulwer Lytton broke down. Her detention in an insane asylum provoked a public outcry. Bulwer-Lytton's works sold and paid him well. He coined the phrases "the great unwashed", "pursuit of the almighty dollar", "the pen is mightier than the sword", and "dweller on the threshold", and the opening phrase "It was a dark and stormy night." Yet his standing declined and he is little read today. The sardonic Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, held annually since 1982, claims to seek the "opening sentence of the worst of all possible novels".

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Born	Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton 25 May 1803 London
Died	18 January 1873 (aged 69) Torquay, Devon, England
Zodiac	Gemini
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Rosina Bulwer Lytton 1802-1882 · British writer · m. 1827; div. 1836 info edit

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Emily Elizabeth info 1st child with Rosina Bulwer Lytton Female b. 17 Jun 1828 · Age: 197 · 1828- · Celebrity Baby

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Edward Robert Lytton info 2nd child with Rosina Bulwer Lytton Male b. 8 Nov 1831 · Age: 193 · 1831- · Celebrity Baby

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