Biography of William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp 1872-1938
Paternal Family Tree: Pyndar aka Lygon
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.
On 04 Mar 1866 [his uncle] Henry Lygon 5th Earl Beauchamp (age 37) died of tuberculosis. His brother [his father] Frederick Lygon 6th Earl Beauchamp (age 35) succeeded 6th Earl Beauchamp, 6th Viscount Elmley of Worcestershire, 6th Baron Beauchamp Powick in Worcestershire.
On 18 Feb 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.
On 18 Feb 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 20 Feb 1872 William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp was born to Frederick Lygon 6th Earl Beauchamp (age 41) and Mary Catherine Stanhope Countess Beauchamp (age 28).
On 30 Jun 1876 [his mother] Mary Catherine Stanhope Countess Beauchamp (age 32) died.
On 19 Feb 1891 [his father] Frederick Lygon 6th Earl Beauchamp (age 60) died. His son William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp (age 18) succeeded 7th Earl Beauchamp, 7th Viscount Elmley of Worcestershire, 7th Baron Beauchamp Powick in Worcestershire.
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 03 Jul 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 02 Nov 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 16 Jun 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).
On 10 Oct 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).
On 12 Feb 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 22 Feb 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).
On 25 Dec 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 26 Nov 1920 [his brother-in-law] Hugh Richard Arthur "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster (age 41) and Violet Mary Nelson Duchess Westminster (age 29) were married.
On 26 Nov 1920 [his brother-in-law] Hugh Richard Arthur "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster (age 41) and Violet Nelson Duchess Westminster (age 29) were married. She by marriage Duchess Westminster.
In 1926 [his brother-in-law] Hugh Richard Arthur "Bendor" Grosvenor 2nd Duke Westminster (age 46) and Violet Mary Nelson Duchess Westminster (age 35) were divorced.
On 20 Feb 1930 [his brother-in-law] Hugh Richard Arthur "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.
On 16 Jun 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).
On 26 Jul 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 14 Nov 1938 William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp (age 66) died at New York. His son [his son] William Lygon 8th Earl Beauchamp (age 35) succeeded 8th Earl Beauchamp, 8th Viscount Elmley of Worcestershire, 8th Baron Beauchamp Powick in Worcestershire.
Kings Wessex: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 21 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 27 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 22 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Philip IV King France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Pyndar
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginald Pyndar aka Lygon of Madresfield in Worcestershire 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Lygon 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Lygon 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Lygon 1st Earl Beauchamp 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hanmer
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Hanmer
Great x 2 Grandmother: Susannah Hamner
GrandFather: Henry Beauchamp Lygon 4th Earl Beauchamp 15 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Denn
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Denn Countess Beauchamp
Father: Frederick Lygon 6th Earl Beauchamp 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Eliot
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Eliot
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Craggs Eliot 1st Baron Eliot
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Craggs
Great x 3 Grandmother: Harriot Craggs
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Eliot 2nd Earl St Germans
GrandMother: Susan Caroline Eliot 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Manners Baroness Gower 
9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess Stafford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke Kingston upon Hull 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Evelyn Pierrepont Baroness Gower 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Fielding Countess Kingston upon Hull 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Stewart 5th Earl Galloway 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 6th Earl Galloway 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Montgomerie Countess Galloway 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Susanna Stewart Marchioness Stafford 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cochrane 4th Earl Dundonald 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Cochrane Countess Galloway 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
William Lygon 7th Earl Beauchamp 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Stanhope 2nd Earl Stanhope 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Pitt Countess Stanhope
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl Stanhope 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Hamilton 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Grizel Hamilton Countess Stanhope 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Henry Stanhope 4th Earl Stanhope 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Granville 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Granville
Great x 2 Grandmother: Louisa Granville Countess Stanhope
GrandFather: Philip Stanhope 5th Earl Stanhope 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Abel Smith
Great x 3 Grandfather: Abel Smith
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Smith 1st Baron Carrington
Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Lucy Smith Countess Stanhope
Mother: Mary Catherine Stanhope Countess Beauchamp 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Matthias Kerrison
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Kerrison 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Barnes
GrandMother: Emily Harriet Countess Stanhope
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Ellice
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Martha Ellice