The Earl of Lytton

The Earl of Lytton's full title is The Earl of Lytton. His name is John Peter Michael Scawen Lytton, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.

Registered Interests

Registered Interests for The Earl of Lytton.

The Register is updated continuously throughout each sitting day and at regular intervals on other days.

Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

  • Consultant (formerly Part-time employee), Lawrence Foote and Partners (London) Ltd (chartered quantity surveyors)
  • Judge, International Property Awards

Category 5: Land and property

  • Co-owner (with wife) of agricultural land and woodland in Somerset and West Sussex together with let and in-hand residential, holiday and business accommodation from which income is received; trustee of associated family trust
  • Residual interests qua Lord of the Manor of several manors in Surrey and West Sussex

Category 9: Miscellaneous financial interests

  • Copyrights to certain manuscripts in public ownership, including the Wentworth Bequest, British Library and Bodleian Library, Oxford; Copyrights in other family and estate documents on loan to public bodies from which income is received

Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)

  • Chair of the Industry Consultative Committee, University of West London (linking the university outputs with construction, engineering, building technology and the regulatory world)

Category 10: Non-financial interests (c)

  • President, Institute for Heraldic and Genealogical Studies
  • President (a) Newstead Abbey (Notts) Byron Society (interest ceased 2 May 2024) and (b) Messolonghi (Greece) Byron Society and Vice President, Byron Society (London) (literary societies)

Category 10: Non-financial interests (d)

  • Chairman, Rights of Way Review Committee (a national forum which considers aspects of the law and practice on public rights of way) (interest ceased 2 May 2024)

Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)

  • A Vice President, National Association of Local Councils (national body for parish, town and neighbourhood councils)
  • Joint President, West Sussex Association of Local Councils (county association of parish and town councils for that area)
  • Fellow, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Member (formerly Chairman) of its boundaries and party walls professional group (which also deals with property title and rights of light)
  • Patron, Chartered Association of Building Engineers and Chairman of its Awards Panel (annual construction awards scheme)