William Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp
British politician
William Beauchamp Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp FRS (1783 – 12 May 1823), styled The Honourable William Lygon between 1806 and 1815 and Viscount Elmley between 1815 and 1816, was a British politician.
Early life
Lygon was the son of William Lygon, 1st Earl Beauchamp, and Catherine Denn, daughter of James Denn. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[1]
Military career
On 19 August 1803 he was commissioned as Lieutenant-Colonel and second-in-commamd of the South Worcester Volunteers.[2] When the regiment became the South Worcester Local Militia he was commissioned as its Lt-Col Commandant on 20 September 1809.[3][4]
Parliament
In 1806 he was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Worcestershire (succeeding his father), a seat he held until 1816 when he entered the House of Lords on inheriting the earldom from his father.[1][5] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 6 December 1810.[1][6]
Death
Lord Beauchamp died at Madresfield Court, near Malvern, Worcestershire, in May 1823. He was unmarried and was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother, John.[1] His library was sold at auction by R. H. Evans in London on 15 January 1824 and 8 following days; a copy of the catalogue is at Cambridge University Library (shelfmark Munby.c.127(2)).
References
- ^ a b c d "William Beauchamp Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp". The Peerage. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ War Office, A List of the Officers of the Militia, the Gentlemen & Yeomanry Cavalry, and Volunteer Infantry of the United Kingdom, 11th Edn, London: War Office, 14 October 1805/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84574-207-2.
- ^ Capt Robert Holden, Historical Records of the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the Worcestershire Regiment, London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, 1887, p. 125.
- ^ 'Local Militia: Worcestershire' at Richard A. Warren, This Re-illuminated School of Mars: Auxiliary forces and other aspects of Albion under Arms in the Great War against France.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
- ^ "Fellows 1660-2007" (PDF). The Royal Society. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl Beauchamp
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Worcestershire 1806–1816 With: John Ward March–November 1806 William Lyttelton November 1806–1816 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Earl Beauchamp 1816–1823 | Succeeded by John Reginald Pyndar |
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