Charles Crespigny Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian (24 December 1808 – 24 April 1886), was a British peer and Whig politician from the Vivian family.
Background
editVivian was the eldest legitimate son of Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian, and Eliza, daughter of Philip Champion de Crespigny.[1]
Political career
editVivian 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
editVivian married Arabella, daughter of Rev. John Middleton Scott, in 1833. She died in January 1837, having borne two children:
- Hussey Crespigny Vivian, 3rd Baron Vivian (19 June 1834 - 21 October 1893)
- John Brabazon Vivian (20 October 1836 – 12 February 1874)
He remarried in 1841, to Mary Elizabeth Panton, with whom he had seven further children:
- Edith Vivian (died 15 July 1926)
- Mary Charlotte Martha Vivian (13 October 1842 – 30 October 1917)
- Maud Frances Vivian (22 November 1845 – 16 June 1893)
- Charles Hussey Panton Vivian (26 June 1847 – 12 March 1892)
- Robert Champion Vivian (April 1854 – 29 August 1876)
- Walter Warrick Vivian (18 May 1856 – 13 September 1943), head agent of the Dinorwic Quarry[4]
Death
editVivian died in April 1886, aged 77, and was succeeded in the barony by his son, Hussey, who became a prominent diplomat.[1]
References
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- ^ a b "Charles Crespigny Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian". The Peerage. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ "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) - ^ "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) - ^ "The Dinorwic Quarries' Dispute". North Wales Chronicle. 13 February 1886.