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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.
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.
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 ...
23 de jan. de 2024 · 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 ...
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (1872-1938), Politician; Governor of New South Wales. Sitter in 11 portraits
The Worcestershire and Gloucestershire estates (both with adjacent properties in Herefordshire) were extended in the 19th century, notably by William Lygon (1747-1816), who was created Earl...
