Charles Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian

Charles Crespigny Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian (24 December 1808 – 24 April 1886), was a British peer and Whig politician from the Vivian family.

"Hook & eye". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1876.

Background

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Vivian was the eldest legitimate son of Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian, and Eliza, daughter of Philip Champion de Crespigny.[1]

Political career

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Vivian sat as a Member of Parliament for Bodmin between 1835 and 1842.[2] The latter year he succeeded his father in the barony and entered the House of Lords. He also served as Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall from 1856 to 1877.[3]

Family

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Vivian married Arabella, daughter of Rev. John Middleton Scott, in 1833. She died in January 1837, having borne two children:

He remarried in 1841, to Mary Elizabeth Panton, with whom he had seven further children:

  • Edith Vivian (died 15 July 1926)
  • Mary Charlotte Martha Vivian (13 October 1842 – 30 October 1917)
  • Maud Frances Vivian (22 November 1845 – 16 June 1893)
  • Charles Hussey Panton Vivian (26 June 1847 – 12 March 1892)
  • Robert Champion Vivian (April 1854 – 29 August 1876)
  • Walter Warrick Vivian (18 May 1856 – 13 September 1943), head agent of the Dinorwic Quarry[4]

Death

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Vivian died in April 1886, aged 77, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, Hussey, who became a prominent diplomat.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Charles Crespigny Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian". The Peerage. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  2. ^ "The House of Commons constituencies beginning with 'B': Bodmin to Bradford East". Leigh Rayment. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Peerages beginning with 'V'". Leigh Rayment. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "The Dinorwic Quarries' Dispute". North Wales Chronicle. 13 February 1886.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bodmin
1835–1842
With: Samuel Thomas Spry 1835–1841
John Dunn-Gardner 1841–1843
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall
1856–1877
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Vivian
1842–1886
Succeeded by