William Hicks-Beach (Tewkesbury MP)

William Frederick Hicks Beach

First World War

.

He was born in Witcombe Park, near

Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn

, was his elder brother.

He had an active local public life as a

Justice of the Peace of the county of Gloucestershire from 1879, serving eight years as chairman of the Cheltenham bench,^[1] and was by 1900^[2] an alderman of Gloucestershire County Council, on which he served as chairman of its Public Health Committee. He was chairman of a Rural District Council for 46 years, and of Gloucester Board of Diocesan Finance. He was made a freeman of the borough of Cheltenham in 1922. He was for eight years master of the Cotswold Hounds.^[1]

He married firstly, on 5 July 1865 Elizabeth Caroline Tyrwhitt-Drake (1841–22 January 1901), daughter of Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake of Shardeloes, by whom he had 5 sons and 3 daughters.[3] His second wife, whom he married on 25 November 1903, was Emily Susan Christian (1866–1958), daughter of Admiral Henry Christian.^[4]

He retired from parliament at the 1918 general election and died in 1923 aged 82. He was heir-presumptive to the Hicks-Beach baronetcy^[1] but did not live to succeed to the title.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Who Was Who, 1916-1928. A and C Black. 1947. p. 494.
^ Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1900. Kelly's. p. 684.
^ Stratton genealogy from Arbuthnot website^[usurped]
^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 1925. Burke's Peerage Ltd. p. 1971.Under family history, Earl St Aldwyn.

References

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[better source needed]}

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Frederick Hicks-Beach

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Preceded by Michael Hugh Hicks-Beach	Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury 1916–1918	Constituency abolished

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[www-1] Who Was Who, 1916-1928. A and C Black. 1947. p. 494.

[2] Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1900. Kelly's. p. 684.

[3] Stratton genealogy from Arbuthnot website^[usurped]

[4] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 1925. Burke's Peerage Ltd. p. 1971.Under family history, Earl St Aldwyn.

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