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.
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
Lord Vivian married Arabella, daughter of Reverend John Middleton Scott, in 1833. She died in January 1837. Lord Vivian remained a widower until his death in April 1886, aged 77. He was succeeded in the barony by his son, Hussey, who became a prominent diplomat.[1]
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Categories:
- 1808 births
- 1886 deaths
- Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Lord-Lieutenants of Cornwall
- UK MPs 1835–1837
- UK MPs 1837–1841
- UK MPs 1841–1847
- Whig (British political party) MPs
- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall
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