Beauchamp Collection

Ios Von Beauchamp, Astronomer

White Star Line, Titanic lettercard written on board
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - Second Class passenger and victim Henry James Beauchamp, rare Titanic lettercard written on board and posted with original one penny stamp

The Tower of London, Various Views
Various views of the Tower of London. The Tower of London, also known officially as Her Majesty's Royal Palace and the Fortress of the Tower of London

Lady Mary Lygon, studio portrait in veiled hat. With description, The latest portrait of Lady Mary Lygon, the third daughter of the Earl and Countess of Beauchamp

Portrait of Beauchamp Tower. Date: circa 1890

AN EARL IS BORN, 1382
The birth of Richard Beauchamp (1382-1439), earl of Warwick, in the manor of Salwarp in the County of Worcester (England) - doctor and servants perform their various tasks Date: 28 January 1382

RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, earl of WARWICK soldier and statesman Date: 1382 - 1439

Lady Sibell Lygon by Madame Yevonde
Lady Sibell Lygon (1907 - 2005), English socialite, part of the Bright Young Things. Daughter of the 7th Earl Beauchamp, she was the eldest of the four Lygon sisters

The Dogs Bath Club in Beauchamp Place, London where every imaginable facility was available for pampered pooches. Owners could relax in the cosy lounge with cocktail bar which was decorated with a

Viscountess Elmley
Else " Mona" Schiwe (18951989), later Countess Beauchamp, on the front cover of The Tatler. 1936

The Hon. Richard Lygon, the son of Earl Beauchamp, pictured in goal in a match against Malvern having signed amateur forms to play for Worcester City. Date: 1937

King Williams Town, Eastern Cape, Cape Colony, South Africa
Victoria Square, King Williams Town, Eastern Cape, Cape Colony, South Africa. Date: circa 1925

Lady Beauchamp and the Lygon Sisters
Lady Beauchamp, formerly Lady Lettice Grosvenor, with her three eldest daughters, Lettice (born 1906), Sybil (born 1907) and Mary (the baby in her arms, born 1910)

Elizabeth von Arnim, Countess Russell (1866 - 1941), Australian-born British novelist, author of Elizabeth and her German Garden. Date: 1931

William Lygon, Vanity Fair, Spy
WILLIAM LYGON, 7th Earl BEAUCHAMP (1872-1938), styled Viscount Elmley until 1891. British Liberal politician and Governor of New South Wales between 1899 and 1901

Queen Elizabeth II receiving the gift of a cow, 1957
A gift for Queen Elizabeth II: Beauchamp Oxford Lady, a Jersey cow in calf, to add to her Jersey herd at Windsor. The gifting took place at the Springfield showground of the Royal Jersey Agricultural

Marriage of Mr B. C Beauchamp and Lady Evelyn Herbert
The marriage of Mr B. C Beauchamp and Lady Evelyn Herbert, took place at St Margarets, Westminster on 8th October 1923

Egg Shackling
ENGLAND: EGG SHACKLING, STOKE ST GREGORY, SOMERSET. On Shrove Tuesday children take an egg to school. These are gently shaken in a sieve until the strongest shelled egg remains

Lady Lettice Lygon
Lady Lettice Cotterell (n饠 Lygon) (1906-1973), Wife of Sir Richard Charles Geers Cotterell, 5th Bt; daughter of 7th Earl Beauchamp

Tatler cover - Lady Mary Lygon by Madame Yevonde
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of Lady Mary Lygon, sixth child of the 7th Earl of Beauchamp and Lady Lettice Grosvenor, a granddaughter of the 1st Duke of Westminster

Sketch cover - the Lygon sisters
Front cover of The Sketch featuring a photograph of Lady Lettice Lygon flanked by her sisters, Sibell (left) and Mary (right)

Caricature of Lord Beresford and Admiral Seymour
Caricature of Lord Charles William de la Poer Beresford (1846-1919), at this time a Royal Navy captain (later an Admiral), and Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour (1821-1895)

William Earl Beauchamp
WILLIAM LYGON first earl BEAUCHAMP The Dictionary of Biography can find nothing to say of him except that he was a nobleman domiciled in Worcestershire. Date: 1747 - 1816

Joseph De Beauchamp
JOSEPH DE BEAUCHAMP French astronomer. Date: 1752 - 1801

Warwick / Henry Beauchamp
HENRY BEAUCHAMP DUKE of WARWICK Date: 1425 - 1445

Fifth Earl of Warwick
Richatd Beauchamp (1382 - 1439), fifth Earl of Warwick Known as the father of chivalry

Lord William Bergavenny
LORD WILLIAM BEAUCHAMP BERGAVENNY Military figure and Captain of Calais Date: - 1411

Isabella Beauchamp
ISABELLA BEAUCHAMP Wife of William Beauchamp and foundress of the Nunnery at Cokehill Date: FLOURISHED 15TH CENTURY

Henry Beauchamp Lygon, 4th Earl Beauchamp (1784 - 1863), Army officer and politician. Date: 1859

Lady Eveyln Beauchamp, 1929
Lady Evelyn Beauchamp (nee Herbert), daughter of the 5th Earl of Carnarvon at the races, 1929. The Countess wears a wrap-coat of fine cloth, with a scarf collar and romantic short Cavalier cloak

Lady Eveyln Beauchamp and the Countess of Carnarvon, 1929
Lady Eveyln Beauchamp(19011980) and her mother Almina Herbert, the Countess of Carnarvon(1876 -1969), at the Hurst Park races, 1929

Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury
MARGARET Countess of SHREWSBURY (nee Beauchamp) daughter of Richard, earl of Warwick, second wife of John, first earl of Shrewsbury. Date: ? - 1467

Mistaken translation of saying difficult English surnames Overheard on an Atlantic Liner Colonel Moses R. Hankey - " Theres one thing I kaant understand about your English way of spelling names

Beauchamp Tower / IMechE

William Lord Bergavenny
William Beauchamp, lord BERGAVENNY, a partisan of John of Gaunt, at one time Captain of Calais (the background to this picture) Date: - 1411

Richard Earl of Warwick
RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, EARL OF WARWICK Lieutenant-general of the Realm of France, governor of Normandy and Captain of Calais, fully armoured on the battlements of Warwick castle. Date: 1382 - 1439

Bits and Pieces
A drawing by Beauchamp satirising the changing female fashions of 1928

Dudley Family Crest
The Dudley family crest carved into the wall of the Beauchamp Tower by John Dudley, Earl of Warwick who was imprisoned there circa 1550s

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