William Beauchamp Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp FRS (1783 – 12 May 1823), styled The Honourable William Lygon between 1806 and 1815 and Viscount Elmley between 1815 and 1816, was a British politician.
Lygon was the son of William Lygon, 1st Earl Beauchamp, and Catherine Denn, daughter of James Denn. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[1]
On 19 August 1803 he was commissioned as Lieutenant-Colonel and second-in-commamd of the South Worcester Volunteers.[2] When the regiment became the South Worcester Local Militia he was commissioned as its Lt-Col Commandant on 20 September 1809.[3] [4]
In 1806 he was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Worcestershire (succeeding his father), a seat he held until 1816 when he entered the House of Lords on inheriting the earldom from his father.[1] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 6 December 1810.[1] [5]
Lord Beauchamp died at Madresfield Court, near Malvern, Worcestershire, in May 1823. He was unmarried and was succeeded in the earldom by his younger brother, John.[1] His library was sold at auction by R. H. Evans in London on 15 January 1824 and 8 following days; a copy of the catalogue is at Cambridge University Library (shelfmark Munby.c.127(2)).