thumb|[[William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, as Governor of New South Wales in 1899]]

Earl Beauchamp () was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The peerage was created in 1815 for William Lygon, 1st Baron Beauchamp, along with the subsidiary title Viscount Elmley, in the County of Worcester. He had already been created Baron Beauchamp of Powyke in the County of Worcester, in 1806, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Beauchamp had previously represented Worcestershire in the House of Commons. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl, who also sat as Member of Parliament for Worcestershire. He never married and was succeeded by his younger brother, the third Earl. In 1813 he assumed by royal licence the surname of Pyndar in lieu of Lygon. On his death in 1853 the titles passed to his younger brother, the fourth Earl. He was a General in the Army as well as a Member of Parliament. His son was the first Earl Beauchamp.

The ancestral family seat of the Lygon family was Madresfield Court, near Malvern, Worcestershire.

See also

  • Baron Beauchamp

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