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William Lygon, VIII conte di Beauchamp (3 luglio 1903-3 gennaio 1979) Hon. Hugh Patrick Lygon (2 novembre 1904 - Baviera 19 agosto 1936 ), morì in un incidente motociclistico Lady Lettice Lygon (16 giugno 1906 - 1973 ), sposò Richard Charles Geers Cotterell da cui divorziò nel 1958
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, KG, KCMG, CB, KStJ, PC (20 February 1872 – 14 November 1938), styled Viscount Elmley until 1891, was a British Liberal politician.
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (1872-1938), governor, was appointed to the position of Governor of NSW in 1899. During his two years in NSW, Beauchamp was criticised by some for his aristocratic background, but spoken of by his friend Henry Lawson as 'a fine, intelligent cultured gentleman' who 'understood and loved the bush people of ...
Nel 1268 divennero conti di Warwick: William de Beauchamp ereditò il titolo alla morte senza figli dello zio materno William Maudit, VIII conte di Warwick . Sarebbe rimasto alla famiglia fino al 1492 con la morte di Anne de Beauchamp, XVI contessa di Warwick, figlia di Richard de Beauchamp, XIII conte di Warwick e moglie di Richard Neville .
During the 1920s Walmer was home to William Lygon, 7th Earl of Beauchamp, who held lavish homosexual parties at the castle. This led eventually to his dramatic fall from grace, the break-up of his family, and the inspiration for Evelyn Waugh’s most famous novel, Brideshead Revisited. Lord Beauchamp with five of his children on Walmer Beach in 1915.
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (1872-1938), Politician; Governor of New South Wales. Sitter in 11 portraits
In the 1930s the 7th Earl de Beauchamp, Sir William Lygon, extended a welcome to Wm. Daniel Ligon, Jr. of Virginia to spend a summer vacation at Madresfield Court. The result was a wonderful transference of historical records to the American branch of the family which resulted in Volume I of The Ligon Family & Connections.
