Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, PC (8 November 1831 – 24 November 1891) is an English statesman and poet.

He serves as Viceroy of India between 1876 and 1880, including during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, 1878–1880 and the Great Famine of 1876–78.

An extremely accomplished diplomat, who makes friends wherever he serves, Lytton is afforded the extraordinarily rare tribute - especially for an Englishman - of a state funeral in Paris.

While some have questioned his handling of the Indian famine, his diplomatic career is otherwise highly praised and his son, Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, follows him to India as Governor of Bengal and, for a time, as acting Viceroy.

Meanwhile, his son-in-law, and one of Britain's most outstanding architects, Edwin Lutyens, plays a major role in the creation of New Delhi.