William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp - Revision history

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	[[File:Beauchamp7.JPG\|thumb\|Lord Beauchamp as Governor of New South Wales, 1899]]'''William Lygon<ref>Pronounced liggŏn, IPA ['lɪgən] – BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names, Oxford University Press, 1971</ref> 7th Earl Beauchamp<ref>Pronounced béetchăm, IPA ['bitʃəm] – BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names, Oxford University Press, 1971</ref KG, KCMG, PC''' (1872–1938), was a British Liberal politician. He was Governor of New South Wales between 1899 and 1901, a member of the government under 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.		[[File:Beauchamp7.JPG\|thumb\|Lord Beauchamp as Governor of New South Wales, 1899]]'''William Lygon<ref>Pronounced liggŏn, IPA ['lɪgən] – BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names, Oxford University Press, 1971</ref> 7th Earl Beauchamp<ref>Pronounced béetchăm, IPA ['bitʃəm] – BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names, Oxford University Press, 1971</ref> KG, KCMG, PC''' (1872–1938), was a British Liberal politician. He was Governor of New South Wales between 1899 and 1901, a member of the government under 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's family is generally supposed to have been the model for the Flyte family in [[Evelyn Waugh]]'s novel, ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]'', and his younger son [[Hugh Lygon]] may have been Waugh's lover.		Lord Beauchamp's family is generally supposed to have been the model for the Flyte family in [[Evelyn Waugh]]'s novel, ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]'', and his younger son [[Hugh Lygon]] may have been Waugh's lover.

Ross Burgess at 09:07, 25 April 2014

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	[[File:Beauchamp7.JPG\|thumb\|Lord Beauchamp as Governor of New South Wales, 1899]]'''William Lygon<ref>Pronounced ~~pronounced~~ liggŏn, IPA ['~~ligən~~] – BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names, Oxford University Press, 1971</ref> 7th Earl Beauchamp KG, KCMG, PC''' (1872–1938), was a British Liberal politician. He was Governor of New South Wales between 1899 and 1901, a member of the government under 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.		[[File:Beauchamp7.JPG\|thumb\|Lord Beauchamp as Governor of New South Wales, 1899]]'''William Lygon<ref>Pronounced liggŏn, IPA ['lɪgən] – BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names, Oxford University Press, 1971</ref> 7th Earl Beauchamp<ref>Pronounced béetchăm, IPA ['bitʃəm] – BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names, Oxford University Press, 1971</ref KG, KCMG, PC''' (1872–1938), was a British Liberal politician. He was Governor of New South Wales between 1899 and 1901, a member of the government under 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's family is generally supposed to have been the model for the Flyte family in [[Evelyn Waugh]]'s novel, ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]'', and his younger son [[Hugh Lygon]] may have been Waugh's lover.		Lord Beauchamp's family is generally supposed to have been the model for the Flyte family in [[Evelyn Waugh]]'s novel, ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]'', and his younger son [[Hugh Lygon]] may have been Waugh's lover.

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	[[File:Beauchamp7.JPG\|thumb\|Lord Beauchamp as Governor of New South Wales, 1899]]'''William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp KG, KCMG, PC''' (1872–1938), was a British Liberal politician. He was Governor of New South Wales between 1899 and 1901, a member of the government under 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.		[[File:Beauchamp7.JPG\|thumb\|Lord Beauchamp as Governor of New South Wales, 1899]]'''William Lygon<ref>Pronounced pronounced liggŏn, IPA ['ligən] – BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names, Oxford University Press, 1971</ref> 7th Earl Beauchamp KG, KCMG, PC''' (1872–1938), was a British Liberal politician. He was Governor of New South Wales between 1899 and 1901, a member of the government under 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's family is generally supposed to have been the model for the Flyte family in [[Evelyn Waugh]]'s novel, ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]'', and his younger son [[Hugh Lygon]] may have been Waugh's lover.		Lord Beauchamp's family is generally supposed to have been the model for the Flyte family in [[Evelyn Waugh]]'s novel, ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]'', and his younger son [[Hugh Lygon]] may have been Waugh's lover.

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	[[File:Beauchamp7.JPG\|thumb\|Lord Beauchamp as Governor of New South Wales, 1899]]'''William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp KG, KCMG, PC''' (1872–1938), was a British Liberal politician. He was Governor of New South Wales between 1899 and 1901, a member of the government under 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.		[[File:Beauchamp7.JPG\|thumb\|Lord Beauchamp as Governor of New South Wales, 1899]]'''William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp KG, KCMG, PC''' (1872–1938), was a British Liberal politician. He was Governor of New South Wales between 1899 and 1901, a member of the government under 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's family is generally supposed to have been the model for the Flyte family in [[Evelyn Waugh]]'s novel, ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]''.		Lord Beauchamp's family is generally supposed to have been the model for the Flyte family in [[Evelyn Waugh]]'s novel, ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]'', and his younger son [[Hugh Lygon]] may have been Waugh's lover.

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Ross Burgess at 10:58, 27 July 2012

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	[[File:Beauchamp7.JPG\|thumb\|Lord Beauchamp as Governor of New South Wales, 1899]]'''William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp KG, KCMG, PC''' (1872–1938), was a British Liberal politician. He was Governor of New South Wales between 1899 and 1901, a member of the government under 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.		[[File:Beauchamp7.JPG\|thumb\|Lord Beauchamp as Governor of New South Wales, 1899]]'''William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp KG, KCMG, PC''' (1872–1938), was a British Liberal politician. He was Governor of New South Wales between 1899 and 1901, a member of the government under 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's family is generally supposed to have been the model for the Flyte family in [[Evelyn Waugh]]'s novel, [[Brideshead Revisited]].		Lord Beauchamp's family is generally supposed to have been the model for the Flyte family in [[Evelyn Waugh]]'s novel, ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]''.

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	[[Category:Liberal politicians]]		[[Category:Liberal politicians]]
	[[Category:Colonial governors]]		[[Category:Colonial governors]]

Ross Burgess at 10:57, 27 July 2012

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