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About Edward Pyndar Lygon
General Edward Pyndar Lygon was a British Army officer and politician. He was the fourth son of William Lygon, 1st Earl Beauchamp and Catharine Denn, and the brother of Henry Lygon, 4th Earl Beauchamp, who also became a British Army general. Educated at Westminster School, Lygon entered the army in 1803 and rose to the rank of general, serving in major campaigns including the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo. In addition to his military career, he represented Callington in the House of Commons from 1818 until 1820. Lygon lived at 12 St James's Square in London and remained unmarried until his death in 1860.
Everything about Edward Pyndar Lygon →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the 6th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 7th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- April 3, 1786
- Died
- November 11, 1860