Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp
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The Right Honourable The Earl Beauchamp PC DL |
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| Lord Steward of the Household | |
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In office 21 February 1874 – 21 April 1880 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Bessborough |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Sydney |
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In office 24 June 1885 – 28 January 1886 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | The Lord Wolverton |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Thurlow |
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In office 19 August 1886 – March 1887 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | The Lord Thurlow |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Brownlow |
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| Born | 10 November 1830 |
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19 February 1891 (aged 60) Madresfield Court, Worcestershire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Lady Mary Stanhope (1844-1876) (2) Lady Emily Pierrepont (1853-1935) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp PC DL (10 November 1830 – 19 February 1891), styled The Honourable Frederick Lygon between 1853 and 1866, was a British Conservative politician.
Beauchamp was the third son of Henry Lygon, 4th Earl Beauchamp, and Lady Susan Caroline, daughter of William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans. He was educated at Eton, was President of the Oxford Union in 1851 and graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1856 with an MA degree.
Beauchamp was Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury from 1857 to 1863 and for West Worcestershire from 1863 to 1866. On 4 March 1866 he inherited the earldom of Beauchamp on the death of his childless brother. He served under Benjamin Disraeli as Lord Steward of the Household between 1874 and 1880 and under Lord Salisbury as Paymaster-General between 1885 and 1886 and again between 1886 and 1887. In 1874 he was sworn of the Privy Council. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire between 1876 and 1891.
Lord Beauchamp married Lady Mary Stanhope (3 February 1844 – 30 June 1876), daughter of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope and his wife Emily Harriet Kerrison, at St George's Church in Hanover Square, London on 18 February 1868. They had five children:
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