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

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Background

Vivian was the eldest legitimate son of

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, and Eliza, daughter of Philip Champion de Crespigny.

Political career

Vivian sat as a Member of Parliament for

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between 1835 and 1842. The latter year he succeeded his father in the barony and entered the

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. He also served as

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from 1856 to 1877.

Family

Vivian 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

Death

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

References

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