William Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp

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

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Lygon John Ward	Member of Parliament for Worcestershire 1806–1816 With: John Ward March–November 1806 William Lyttelton November 1806–1816	Succeeded by William Lyttelton Henry Lygon
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Lygon	Earl Beauchamp 1816–1823	Succeeded by John Reginald Pyndar

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[thepeerage.com-1] "William Beauchamp Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp". The Peerage. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[2] 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.

[3] Capt Robert Holden, Historical Records of the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the Worcestershire Regiment, London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, 1887, p. 125.

[4] '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.

[5] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)

[Royal_Society-6] "Fellows 1660-2007" (PDF). The Royal Society. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

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