Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham

Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English cricketer and politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1977)

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Born: August 8, 1909
Died: March 20, 1977
Zodiac sign: Leo
Birth year: 1909

About Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham

Charles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham was the ninth Governor-General of New Zealand and an English cricketer from the Lyttelton family. Lyttelton enjoyed a career in first-class cricket, playing more than 90 times for Worcestershire in the 1930s and captaining the club between 1936 and 1939. He made his first-class debut, against Gloucestershire, in June 1932, but made a duck in his only innings and did not reappear for two years. Cobham became the ninth Governor-General of New Zealand on 5 September 1957.

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Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham timeline

1932He made his first-class debut, against Gloucestershire, in June 1932, but made a duck in his only innings and did not reappear for two years.
1936Lyttelton enjoyed a career in first-class cricket, playing more than 90 times for Worcestershire in the 1930s and captaining the club between 1936 and 1939.
1957Cobham became the ninth Governor-General of New Zealand on 5 September 1957.

The world when Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham was born

Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham was born in 1909. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1909

Best-selling book"The Inner Shrine" – Basil King

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentHonus Wagner leads Pittsburgh Pirates to World Series victory
Top headlineRobert Peary claims to reach the North Pole
Technology milestoneBakelite (first fully synthetic plastic) invented
Notable inventionBakelite plastic
World population~1.69B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
U.S. population88.8M

1909 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1909	2026
Population	88.8M	341 million

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