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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.
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- Lady Lettice Grosvenor (1876–1936)
- H. H. Asquith
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 .
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp. by George Charles Beresford. dry-plate glass negative, 1910. NPG x6436. Find out more > Buy a print. Buy as a greetings card. Use this image.
Biografia. Era il figlio di Henry Somerset, IX duca di Beaufort, e di sua moglie, Louise Emily Harford. Studiò presso l' Eton College e al Royal Military College di Sandhurst e in seguito entrò nel Royal Horse Guards .
William Lygon (1872-1938; ODNB), 7th earl Beauchamp (1891), governor of New South Wales, 1899-1901; as a Liberal, Lord president of the council, 1910, 1914-15; first commissioner of works, 1910-14; Liberal leader, House of Lords 1924-31; ecclesiastical commissioner; lord lieutenant, Gloucestershire, 1911-31; resigned all of his public offices ...
