Michael Hicks Beach, Viscount Quenington
Michael Hugh Hicks Beach, Viscount Quenington (19 January 1877–23 April 1916), was a British politician.
Hicks Beach was the eldest son of the former Chancellor, Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn, and his wife Lucy Catherine (née Lady Lucy Catherine Fortescue). He sat as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Tewkesbury from 1906 to 1916 and a board member at Lloyds Bank. He fought in the First World War as a Captain with the 1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars and died, aged 39 on 23 April 1916 as a result of wounds received at Katia, Egypt. He is buried at the Cairo New British Protestant Cemetery alongside his wife.
From 1915, he held the courtesy title of Viscount Quenington, a subsidiary title held by his father. He married Marjorie, daughter of Henry Dent Brocklehurst of Sudeley Castle, in 1909. She died in Egypt [1] in March 1916, less than two months before her husband. Their son Michael, 2nd Earl St Aldwyn succeeded his grandfather in the earldom only a week after his father's death. He also became a prominent politician.
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References
- ↑ cf Plaque in the chapel at Sudeley Castle
- ThePeerage.com: Michael Hugh Hicks-Beach, Viscount Quenington
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Viscount Quenington
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| Preceded by Sir John Dorington, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury 1906–1916 |
Succeeded by William Frederick Hicks-Beach |