Sunday, July 04, 2021

The heir to the "Dark and Stormy Night"

     The author of the famous (infamous) novel beginning, "It was a dark and stormy night" was Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton. His son, Robert, was made 1st Earl of Lytton. The current holder of the title is John Peter Michael Scawen Lytton, 5th Earl of Lytton, 18th Baron Wentworth. Lord Lytton is a descendent of the famous poet Lord Byron.



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