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William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp
b.20 Feb 1872
d.14 Nov 1938
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  1. William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp1872 - 1938
  2. Margaret Lygon1874 - 1957
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  1. William Lygon, 8th Earl Beauchamp1903 - 1979
  2. Hugh Patrick Lygon1904 - 1936
  3. Lady Mary Lygon1910 - 1982
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Name William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp
Gender Male
Birth[1] 20 Feb 1872
Marriage to Lady Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor
Death[1] 14 Nov 1938
Reference Number? Q2470852?


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William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, (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 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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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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