Charles Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian

Charles Crespigny Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian (24 December 1808 – 24 April 1886), was a British peer and Whig politician from the Vivian family.

"Hook & eye". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1876.

Background

Vivian was the eldest legitimate son of Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian, and Eliza, daughter of Philip Champion de Crespigny.[1]

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]

Vivian married Arabella, daughter of Rev. John Middleton Scott, in 1833. She died in January 1837, having borne two children:

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)
Claud Hamilton Vivian (18 March 1849 - 8 May 1902)
Robert Champion Vivian (April 1854 - 29 August 1876)
Walter Warrick Vivian (18 May 1856 - 13 September 1943), head agent of the Dinorwic Quarry[4]

Vivian died in April 1886, aged 77, and was succeeded in the barony by his son Hussey, who became a prominent diplomat.[1]

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"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.
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"The Dinorwic Quarries' Dispute". North Wales Chronicle. 13 February 1886.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Peter Samuel Thomas Spry	Member of Parliament for Bodmin 1835–1842 With: Samuel Thomas Spry 1835–1841 John Dunn-Gardner 1841–1843	Succeeded by John Dunn-Gardner Sir Samuel Thomas Spry
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir William Salusbury-Trelawny, Bt	Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall 1856–1877	Succeeded by The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Richard Hussey Vivian	Baron Vivian 1842–1886	Succeeded by Hussey Vivian

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