Edward Littleton d.1742

Sir Edward LITTLETON, 3rd bart d.1742

Littleston's bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection 18414)

Biographical Note

Son of Edward Littleton (d.1706) of Pillaton Hall, Staffordshire, and grandson of Sir Edward Littleton, 2nd bart, from whom he inherited the title and family estates in 1709.

Books

Littleton used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 18414). The extent of his library is not known; he died without children, and the estates and title were inherited by his nephew Edward who became the 4th and last baronet. His lengthy will has no specific mention of books.

Sources

• Will of Sir Edward Littleton, The National Archives PROB 11/718/2.
• Littleton baronets, Wikipedia.
• Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.