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280 BEAUCIIAMP — BEATJDESERT. EE 1816. 2. William Beauchamp (Lygon), Earl Beauchamp &c, s. and h. Matric- at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 28 Jan. 1801, and then aged 18 ; B.A., 1S04 : M.A., 1808 ; M.P. for Worcestershire, 1806-16 ; a Commissioner for Exchequer bills, 1815. He d. num. 12 May 1823, aged 41. Will pr. July 1823. III. 1823. St John, otherwise) Jonx Reginald (Pindar, formerly LYGOS), Eahl Beauchamp, &c., bt and h. Matric. at Oxford (Ch Ch ) 20 May 1S02, and then aged 18; I5.A., 1806; M.A., 1S08. He took the name of Pindar only (his family's patronymic) by Royal lie. 22 Oct. 1813. He m. firstly, 14 March 1814, Charlotte, da. of John Henry (Scott), 1st Karl ok Clonmfll [l.]~ by his 2nd wife Margaret, da. of Patrick Lawless. She was b. 11 May 1787 and d. 26 April 1864. Will pr. June 1846. He m. secondly, 11 Feb. 1858, Catharine, widow of Henry Murray, 3rd da. and coheir of Sarah, sun jure Baroness Brayk by Henry Otway He d. s.p. 22 Jan. 185& Will pr. Feb. 186& His widow d. 4 Nov. 1875, at No. 75 Grosvenor sq. Will, &c. dat. 27 April 1S67 to 21 July 1S75, pr. 17 Feb. 1876, under £120,000. IV. 1853. 4- Henry Beauchamp (Lygon), Earl Beauchamp, &c, br. and h. b. 5 Jan. 1784. Matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 27 Jan. 1803. M.P. for Worcestershire, 1816-31 ; for West Worcestershire, 1832-53 ; joined the army, 1S03, being in the 13th and 16th Light Dragoons, and subsequently (1815) in the 1st Life Guards ; Lieut. Col. thereof, 1821-37; Gen. in the army, 1854 ; Col. of 10th Hussars, 1843 ; and (a few months before his death) Col. of the 2nd Life Guards and Gidd Stick. He m. 8 July 1824, Susan Caroline, da. of William (Ki.iot), 2nd Earl of St. Germans, by his 1st wife Georgian,! Augusta, da. of Granville (Levesox- Gower), 1st Marwi'Ess of Stafford. She was b. 12 April 1S01 and d. 15 Jan. 1835. He d. at Madresfield 8 Sep. 1863. V. 1863. 5. Henry (Lygon), Eari. Beauchamp, &c, s. and h. b. 13 Feb. 1829. M.P. for West Worcestershire, 1853-63. Cornet in the first Life Guards, 1848 ; Capt, 1854. He d. uum. at No. 13, Belgrave sq. 4 March 1866. VI. I860. Frederick (Lygon), Earl Beauchamp (1815), Vis- COUST Elm LEY (1815) and Baron Beauchamp of PoWYI (1806), only surv. br. and h. b. 10 Nov. 1830. Ed. at Eton, 1844-47 ; Matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 15 Dee. 1848 ; B.A. and Fellow of All Souls Coll., 1852 ; M.A., 1836; a: D.C.L. 22 June 1870 ; M.P. for Tewkesbury, 1857-63; for West Worcestershire, 1863-66; sometime Capt. of the Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry ; one of the Lords of the Admiralty, March to June 1S59 ; Lord Steward of the Household, 1874-80 ; P.C., 1874; Lord Lieut, of Worcestershire, 1876 ; one of the Council of Keble Coll. Oxford. He »«. firstly 18 Feb. 1868, at St. Geo. Hau. sq. Mary Catherine, da. of Philip Henry (Stanhope), 5th Earl Stanhope, bv Emily Harriet, da. of Gen. Sir Edward Kerrisox, Bart, She was b. 3 Feb. 1844 and* rf, 30 June 1876. He m. secondly, 24 Sep. 1878 at Perlethorpe, Notts, Emily Annora Charlotte, 1st da. of Sydney William (Pierre- font), 3rd Earl Manvers, by Georgiana Jane Elizabeth Fanny de Fbanquetot, da. of Gustave, Due DE Coigny in France. She was 6. 16 March 1853. [William Lygon, styM Viscount Elmley, s. and h. ap. by first wife, 6. 20 Feb. 1872. Family Estates.— These, in 1883, consisted of about 10,600 acres in Worcestershire (worth about £18,000 a year), about 2,900 in Lincolnshire, 2,400 in Gloucestershire, 1,000 in Warwickshire and 700 in Herefordshire. Total about 17,600 acres, valued at about £25,000 a year. See Bateman's " Great Landowners." Chief scat, Madresfield Court, Worcestershire. BEAUCHAMP'S COUKT. See " Brooke of Beauchamp's Court, co. Warwick," Baron, a: 1621. BEATJDESERT. See " Paget de Beaudesert, co. Stafford," Baron, cr. 1550.