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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. He was Governor of New South Wales between 1899 and 1901, a member of the Liberal administrations of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith between 1905 and ...
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 .
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, as Governor of New South Wales in 1899. Earl Beauchamp (/ ˈ b iː tʃ əm /) was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The peerage was created in 1815 for William Lygon, 1st Baron Beauchamp, along with the subsidiary title Viscount Elmley, in the County of Worcester.
Updated 2018. Show full biography. Portraits. New South Wales (Earl Beauchamp) 1899. Sir Leslie Ward, Vanity Fair Magazine. William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (1872-1938), governor, was appointed to the position of Governor of NSW in 1899.
William Lygon [1] 7th Earl Beauchamp [2] KG, KCMG, PC (1872–1938), was a British Liberal politician. He was Governor of New South Wales between 1899 and 1901, a member of the government under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H H Asquith between 1905 and 1915, and leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords between 1924 and 1931.
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp . Lord Warden 1913–34. The 7th Earl Beauchamp was a diplomat and politician, reaching cabinet minister level in 1910 and serving in Liberal governments until 1915. He hosted important war conferences at Walmer with the Prime Minister, HH Asquith, in the first two years of the First World War.
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp. (1872-1938), Politician; Governor of New South Wales. Sitter in 11 portraits. Like. List Thumbnail. Sort by. William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp as Baron Beauchamp of Powyke (XIV Century) by Thomas Bennett & Sons, photogravure by Walker & Boutall. photogravure, 1897; published 1899. NPG Ax41163. Find out more >
