Biography of William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp 1872-1938

On 18th February 1868 [his father] Frederick Lygon 6th Earl Beauchamp (age 37) and [his step-mother] Emily Annora Charlotte Pierrepont Countess Beauchamp (age 14) were married. She by marriage Countess Beauchamp. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont 3rd Earl Manvers (age 43). He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Beauchamp Lygon 4th Earl Beauchamp and [his grandmother] Susan Caroline Eliot. They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 18th February 1868 [his father] Frederick Lygon 6th Earl Beauchamp (age 37) and [his mother] Mary Catherine Stanhope Countess Beauchamp (age 24) were married. She by marriage Countess Beauchamp. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Stanhope (age 63) and [his grandmother] Emily Harriet Countess Stanhope. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Beauchamp Lygon 4th Earl Beauchamp and [his grandmother] Susan Caroline Eliot.

On 20th February 1872 William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp was born to [his father] Frederick Lygon 6th Earl Beauchamp (age 41) and [his mother] Mary Catherine Stanhope Countess Beauchamp (age 28).

On 30th June 1876 [his mother] Mary Catherine Stanhope Countess Beauchamp (age 32) died.

On 19th February 1891 [his father] Frederick Lygon 6th Earl Beauchamp (age 60) died. His son William (age 18) succeeded 7th Earl Beauchamp, 7th Viscount Elmley of Worcestershire, 7th Baron Beauchamp Powick in Worcestershire.

On 6th October 1894 [his brother-in-law] Oliver Russell 2nd Baron Ampthill (age 25) and [his sister] Margaret Lygon Baroness Ampthill (age 19) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ampthill of Ampthill in Bedfordshire. She the daughter of [his father] Frederick Lygon 6th Earl Beauchamp and [his mother] Mary Catherine Stanhope Countess Beauchamp. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 1902 William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp (age 29) and Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor Countess Beauchamp (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Beauchamp. He the son of Frederick Lygon 6th Earl Beauchamp and Mary Catherine Stanhope Countess Beauchamp. They were half third cousin once removed.

On 3rd July 1903 [his son] William Lygon 8th Earl Beauchamp was born to William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp (age 31) and [his wife] Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor Countess Beauchamp (age 26).

On 2nd November 1904 [his son] Hugh Patrick Lygon was born to William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp (age 32) and [his wife] Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor Countess Beauchamp (age 27).

The London Gazette 27873. At the Court at BucKingham Palace, the 8th day of January, 1906.

PRESENT, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

This day the Right Honourable Cecil George Savile, Earl of Liverpool; the Right Honourable Osbert Cecil (age 34), Earl of Sefton; the Right Honourable William (age 33), Earl Beauchamp, K.C.M.G.; Richard Knight Causton (age 62), Esquire, M.P.; Thomas Shaw, Esquire, K.C.; Thomas Burt, Esquire, M.P., and Sir Balthazar Walter Foster (age 65), M.P., were, by His Majesty's command, respectively sworn of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their places at the Board accordingly.

W. FitzRoy.

On 16th June 1906 [his daughter] Lettice Lygon was born to William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp (age 34) and [his wife] Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor Countess Beauchamp (age 29). She married 16th June 1930 her sixth cousin Richard Charles Geers Cotterell 5th Baronet.

On 10th October 1907 [his daughter] Sibell Lygon was born to William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp (age 35) and [his wife] Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor Countess Beauchamp (age 30). She married 11th February 1939 Michael Richard Bernard Rowley.

On 12th February 1910 [his daughter] Mary Lygon was born to William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp (age 37) and [his wife] Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor Countess Beauchamp (age 33).

On 22nd February 1912 [his daughter] Dorothy Lygon was born to William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp (age 40) and [his wife] Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor Countess Beauchamp (age 35). She married 1985 Robert Vernon "The Mad Boy" Heber Percy.

On 25th December 1916 [his son] Richard Edward Lygon was born to William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp (age 44) and [his wife] Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor Countess Beauchamp (age 40).

On 19th December 1919 [his brother-in-law] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster (age 40) and Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster (age 44) were divorced on the grounds of his desertion and misconduct, with the decree being made absolute 19 December 1919. The alimony settlement of £13,000 a year he made upon her, which she declined, was then the largest in British legal history.

"The duchess of Westminster has been granted a divorce from Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, second duke of Westminster, on the grounds of desertion and misconduct. Counsel for the duke said a simple dental to the charges had been entered original1y, but that upon trial the case had not been contested, The duchess of Westminster formerly was Constance Edwina, daughter of Col. Willlam Cornwallis-West, She and her husband signed na separation agreement in 1914, They were married in 1901 and have two children. The duke of Westminster served in Egypt in 1915 and won the D.S.O. for bravery. The duchess is one of the most beautiful women in the British isles, The duke is England's richest landlord and the world's most ardent and possibly most expert polo player. He owns 600 acres In the heart of London, Grosvenor House gallery, founded in 1770, and 30,000 acres of rich land in Cheshire.

On 14th January 1920, just over three weeks after her divorce from [his brother-in-law] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster (age 40), John Fitzpatrick Lewis and Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Cornwallis-West Duchess Westminster (age 44) were married.

On 26th November 1920 [his brother-in-law] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster (age 41) and Violet Mary Nelson Duchess Westminster (age 29) were married.

In 1926 [his brother-in-law] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster (age 46) and Violet Mary Nelson Duchess Westminster (age 35) were divorced.

On 20th February 1930 [his brother-in-law] Hugh "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster (age 50) and Loelia Mary Ponsonby Duchess Westminster (age 28) were married. She by marriage Duchess Westminster. His third marriage; her first. Winston Churchill (age 55) was best man. They were married until 1947 when the marriage was dissolved. No issue. The difference in their ages was 22 years. They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 16th June 1930 [his son-in-law] Richard Charles Geers Cotterell 5th Baronet (age 23) and [his daughter] Lettice Lygon (age 24) were married. She the daughter of William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp (age 58) and [his wife] Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor Countess Beauchamp (age 53). They were sixth cousins.

On 26th July 1936 [his wife] Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor Countess Beauchamp (age 59) died estranged from all her children except her youngest [his son] Richard Edward Lygon (age 19).

On 19th August 1936 [his son] Hugh Patrick Lygon (age 31) died.

On 14th November 1938 William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp (age 66) died at New York. His son William (age 35) succeeded 8th Earl Beauchamp, 8th Viscount Elmley of Worcestershire, 8th Baron Beauchamp Powick in Worcestershire.

St John the Baptist Church, Byford [Map]. Lots of monuments to the Cotterell Baronents, a marble wall monument by J Smth of London, [his daughter] Lettice Lygon eldest daughter of William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp.