Charles Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian

"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.

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]

References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Peter
Samuel Thomas Spry
Member of Parliament for Bodmin
18351842
With: Samuel Thomas Spry 18351841
John Dunn Gardner 18411843
Succeeded by
John Dunn Gardner
Sir Samuel Thomas Spry
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Sir William Salusbury-Trelawny, Bt
Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall
18561877
Succeeded by
The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Richard Hussey Vivian
Baron Vivian
18421886
Succeeded by
Hussey Vivian
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