William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp,, 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 1915, and leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords between 1924 and 1931. When political enemies threatened to make public his homosexuality he resigned from office to go into exile. Lord Beauchamp is often assumed to be the model for the character Lord Marchmain in Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited.
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Date of Birth
February 20th, 1872
Age
152
Birth Place
United Kingdom, England
Date of Death
November 14th, 1938
Died Aged
66
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Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp
Father
Margaret Russell, Baroness Ampthill
Sister
Lady Mary Catherine Stanhope
Mother
Lady Susan Lygon
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Lady Mary Lygon
Daughter
Lady Maud Hoare
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Lady Mary Trefusis
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Edward Lygon
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