Henry Maxwell Lyte

Henry Maxwell Lyte
1933 portrait of Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell Lyte by the artist Samuel Melton Fisher (1860–1939), now in the National Portrait Gallery.
Born(1848-05-29)29 May 1848
London, England
Died28 October 1940(1940-10-28) (aged 92)
Dinder, Somerset, England
EducationChrist Church, Oxford
Spouse
Frances Somerville
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(m. 1871)​
Children6
RelativesHenry Francis Lyte (grandfather)
Farnham Maxwell-Lyte (uncle)

Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell Lyte (or Maxwell-Lyte[1]) KCB FBA (29 May 1848 – 28 October 1940) was an English historian and archivist. He served as Deputy Keeper of the Public Records from 1886 to 1926, and was the author of numerous books including a history of Eton College.[2]

  1. ^ Hyamson 1951, pp. 408.
  2. ^ Johnson 1940, pp. 1.