Felicia Susan Lygon

Felicia Susan Lygon

Female 1825 - 1848  (23 years)

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  • Name Felicia Susan Lygon  [1
    Born 27 Jun 1825  Hertford Street, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christened 23 Jul 1825  St. George's, Hanover Square, Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1841  (Census) 16 Grosvenor Place Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Died 29 Oct 1848  Little Casterton Rectory, Stamford, Lincolnshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried 04 Nov 1848  All Saints Church, Derby, Derbyshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I00568  Eliots of Port Eliot
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2021 

    Father 4th Earl Beauchamp, Henry Beauchamp Lygon,   b. 06 Jan 1784,   d. 08 Sep 1863, Madresfield Court, Great Malvern Worcester Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Susan Caroline Eliot,   b. 12 Apr 1801,   d. 15 Jan 1835, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Family ID F00123  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Husband Charles William Cavendish,   b. 24 Sep 1822,   d. 21 Dec 1890, Charlemont, Spencer-road, Isle of Wight Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 26 Oct 1847  St. George, Hanover Square, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Baby Girl Cavendish,   b. 21 Oct 1848, Little Casterton Rectory, Stamford, Lincolnshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1848, Little Casterton Rectory, Stamford, Lincolnshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F00180  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

    • --- "Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard" 03 Sep 1844, page 1:
      The Earl of St. Germans is surrounded by a select party at Port Eliot, the noble Earl's seat, in Conrwall. The Earl of Harrowby has arrived on a visit to the Earl. Lord Eliot, the Secretary for Ireland, joined Lady Jemima Eliot and family on Monday. The Hon. General Lygon and Miss Lygon are among the visitors.

      --- "Morning Post" 1 Oct 1847, page 3:
      APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.
      A marriage is definitively arranged between Miss Felicia Susan Lygon, eldest daughter of the Hon. General Henry Lygon, and niece of the Earl Beauchamp and the Earl of St. Germans, and the Rev. Charles Canvendish, third son of Major-General the Hon. Henry Cavendish.

      --- "Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian" 6 Nov 1847, page 3:
      Oct. 26, [1847], at St. George's, Hanover-square, by the Rev. H. Howarth, the Rev. Charles William Cavendish, third son of Major-General the Hon. Henry Cavendish, to Miss Lygon, eldest daughter fo Lieut-General the Hon. Henry Beauchamp Lygon. Immediately after the ceremony the happy couple left town for West-end Lodge, the seat of Major-General the Hon. Henry Cavendish.

      --- "Morning Post" Tuesday, 31 Oct 1848, page 3:
      DEATH OF MRS. CHARLES CAVENDISH
      It is our painful duty to announce the death of this lady, which took place at an early hour on Sunday morning last, at Little Casterton Rectory, near Stamford. Mrs. Cavendish's accouchement took place on the 21st inst., when she was delivered of a still-born daughter. This estimable lady, who was the eldest daughter of Major General the Hon. H. B. Lygon, was only married on the 26th of October, 1847, to the Rev. Charles William Cavendish, third son of Major General the Hon. Henry Cavendish, who is plunged into the deepest affliction at this sudden and melancholy bereavement.

      --- "London Standard" Tuesday, 31 Oct 1848, page 4:
      On the 29th inst., at Little Casterton Rectory, after giving birth to a daughter (still-born), Mrs. Charles Cavendish, wife of the Rev. Charles Cavendish, and eldest daughter of the Hon. General Lygon, M.P.

  • Sources 
    1. Scan of Original Baptism Record.

    2. 1841 England Census (Middlesex, St George Hanover Square, Belgrave, 2, Page 6 of 13).

    3. "London Standard" 31 Oct 1848, page 4.

    4. [S00003] FamilySearch.org.

    5. Marriage Record seen on FindMyPast.co.uk.