Henry Lygon, 5th Earl Beauchamp
Henry Lygon, 5th Earl Beauchamp (13 February 1829 – 4 March 1866), styled Viscount Elmley between 1853 and 1863, was a British politician.
Background[]
Beauchamp was the second but eldest surviving son of General Henry Lygon, 4th Earl Beauchamp, by his wife Lady Susan Caroline, daughter of William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans.
Career[]
Lygon served in the 1st Life Guards. He purchased a commission as a lieutenant on 5 May 1848, succeeding Hon. Dudley FitzGerald-deRos.[1] That year, he became a cornet.[2] He achieved the rank of captain in 1854.[2] In 1853 he succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Worcestershire West,[2] a seat he held until 1863,[2] when he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.
Personal life[]
Lord Beauchamp died from tuberculosis in London in March 1866, aged 37. He was unmarried and was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother, Frederick.
References[]
- ^ "No. 20853". The London Gazette. 5 May 1848. p. 1746.
- ^ a b c d "Henry Lygon, 5th Earl Beauchamp". The Peerage. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Viscount Elmley
- 1829 births
- 1866 deaths
- Earls Beauchamp
- Lygon family
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1852–1857
- UK MPs 1857–1859
- UK MPs 1859–1865
- UK MPs who inherited peerages