Charles Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian

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"Hook & eye". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1876.

Charles Crespigny Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian (24 December 1808 24 April 1886), was a British peer and Whig politician from the Vivian family.

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Background

Vivian was the eldest legitimate son of Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian, and Eliza, daughter of Philip Champion de Crespigny. [1]

Political career

Vivian sat as a Member of Parliament for Bodmin between 1835 and 1842. [2] The latter year he succeeded his father in the barony and entered the House of Lords. He also served as Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall from 1856 to 1877. [3]

Family

Vivian married Arabella, daughter of Rev. John Middleton Scott, in 1833. She died in January 1837, having borne two children:

He remarried in 1841, to Mary Elizabeth Panton, with whom he had seven further children:

Death

Vivian died in April 1886, aged 77, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, Hussey, who became a prominent diplomat. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Charles Crespigny Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian". The Peerage. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  2. "The House of Commons constituencies beginning with 'B': Bodmin to Bradford East". Leigh Rayment. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "Peerages beginning with 'V'". Leigh Rayment. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "The Dinorwic Quarries' Dispute". North Wales Chronicle. 13 February 1886.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bodmin
18351842
With: Samuel Thomas Spry 18351841
John Dunn-Gardner 18411843
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall
18561877
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Vivian
18421886
Succeeded by