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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.
- British
- Liberal
- Lady Lettice Grosvenor (1876–1936)
- H. H. Asquith
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 (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 ...
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.
- An Act to enable Reginald Lygon Esquire, otherwise Pyndar, and the Heirs Male of his Body, to take upon him and them the Surname and Arms of Lygon, pursuant to the Settlement of William Lygon Esquire, deceased.
- 9 Geo. 2. c. 21
- 5 May 1736
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (1872-1938), Politician; Governor of New South Wales. Sitter in 11 portraits
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.
