Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, the Earl of Lytton, also known as Owen Meredith, was a notable English statesman and poet of the Victorian era. Born on November 8, 1831, he was the eldest son of the renowned novelist and playwright Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton, author of iconic works such as 'The Last Days of Pompeii' (1834). Following a privileged education at Harrow School and the Universi...