Edward John Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton PC, FRS, was a British politician from the extended Littleton/Lyttelton family, of first the Canningite Tories and later the Whigs. He had a long political career, active in each of the Houses of Parliament in turn over a period of forty years. He was closely involved in a number of major reforms, particularly Catholic emancipation, the Truck Act 1831, the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 and the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. Throughout his career he was actively concerned with the Irish question and he was Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1833 and 1834.
- Occupation
- politician, plantation owner
- Position held
- Member of the Privy Council of Ireland, member of the 12th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 11th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 10th Parliament of the United Kingdom
