Dates

• Existence: 1803 - 1873

Parallel Names

• Lytton, Edward George Earle

Biography

Baron Edward George Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) was an English writer and politician in the nineteenth century.

Edward George Bulwer-Lytton was born on May 25, 1803, in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England to General William Earle Bulwer and Elizabeth Barbara Lytton. He had two older brothers. Bulwer-Lytton's father died when he was four years old and his mother moved her family to London, England. At the age of fifteen, Bulwer-Lytton was encouraged by a tutor to publish an early writing. After graduating with his degree from Trinity College, Cambridge, he published a small volume of poems titled, Weeds and Wild Flowers. On August 29, 1827, Bulwer-Lytton married Rosina Doyle Wheeler, in London, England. Together they had two children. He went on to publish 31 novels, four verses, and eight plays. Bulwer-Lytton became well known and is credited with coining famous phrases like "the pen is mightier than the sword" and "it was a dark and stormy night." Bulwer-Lytton was also a political figure who began as an elected official in Parliament for nine years. He went on to become Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1858. Bulwer-Lytton was a key figure in the establishment of the Colony of British Columbia following the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush. Bulwer-Lytton died on January 18, 1873, in Newton Abbot, Torquay, England.

Citation:

Wikipedia, July 18, 2024 (Baron Edward George Bulwer-Lytton; b. 1803 to General William Earle Bulwer and Elizabeth Barbara Lytton; two older brothers; father died when he was four years old; his mother moved her family to London, England; age of fifteen, was encouraged by a tutor to publish an early writing; graduated with his degree from Trinity College, Cambridge; published a small volume of poems titled, Weeds and Wild Flowers; On August 29, 1827, married Rosina Doyle Wheeler, in London, England; two children; publish 31 novels, four verses, and eight plays; well known and is credited with coining famous phrases like "the pen is mightier than the sword" and "it was a dark and stormy night."; politcal figure who began as an elected official in Parliament for nine years; Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1858; key figure in the establishment of the Colony of British Columbia following the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush; d. January 18, 1873) Ancestry, July 18, 2024 (Edward George Bulwer-Lytton; b. May 25, 1803, in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England; parents were General William Earle Bulwer and Elizabeth Barbara Lytton; two older brothers; m. August 29, 1827, to Rosina Doyle Wheeler, in London, England; two children; d. January 18, 1873, in Newton Abbot, Torquay, England)

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