Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos

The Viscount Chandos
President of the Board of Trade
In office
3 October 1940 – 29 June 1941
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byAndrew Rae Duncan
Succeeded byAndrew Rae Duncan
In office
25 May 1945 – 26 July 1945
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byHugh Dalton
Succeeded byHon. Sir Stafford Cripps
Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office
28 October 1951 – 28 July 1954
MonarchsGeorge VI
Elizabeth II
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byJames Griffiths
Succeeded byAlan Lennox-Boyd
Personal details
Born15 March 1893 (1893-03-15)
Mayfair, London, UK
Died21 January 1972(1972-01-21) (aged 78)
Marylebone, London, UK
Political partyConservative
SpouseLady Moira Osborne (1892–1976)
Children4
Parent(s)Alfred Lyttelton
Edith Balfour
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos, KG, DSO, MC, PC (15 March 1893 – 21 January 1972) was a British businessman from the Lyttelton family who was brought into government during the Second World War, holding a number of ministerial posts.