Frederick Lygon 6th Earl Beauchamp was born on 10 November 1830, in Madresfield, Worcestershire, he was the son of General Henry Beauchamp Lygon 4th Earl Beauchamp, who was 46 and his mother, Susan Caroline Eliot, aged 29. He married Mary Catherine Stanhope on 18 February 1868, in St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom. In 1885, his occupation is listed as he held the office of paymaster-general. He died on 19 February 1891, at the family home at Madresfield, Worcestershire, at the age of 60, and was buried in Madresfield, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. Positions held; Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire Lord Steward of the Household 1874-1880, Paymaster General 1886 -1887, M.P for Tewkesbury 1857- 1863, MP for West Worcestershire 1863- 1866.
The flowery language used in reporting social events in 1868 was very different from todays brief announcements. An Earl's wedding was an occasion for the the whole community. Earl Beauchamp was married in London, but Malvern celebrated even though there was o bride and groom present. The Malvern Advertiser of February 22, 1868 made the most of the event:
'The second month of the year has rarely witnessed a scene of such lively commotion as the streets of Malvern presented on Tuesday forenoon. National and fancy flags glittered in the sunshine, the bells rang out merrily at their appointed time, and even the patient, sure-footed and much abused creatures, the donkeys, saddled and clothed in the fine linen of -Manchester we presume - stood at the accustomed places ready to be hired.
With military punctuality the field guns, two six-pounders, of the Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, kindly lent by the Earl Dudley, Colonel of the W.Y.C. arrived per the ten o'clock train. The gun carriages were horsed by eight bright greys, gratuitously furnished by Mr. E. Archer, out of the Foley stables, and the cannon thus drawn up the hills to the Knoll, or St. Ann's Delight, adjacent to the well.
The guns having been brought into position shortly before 12 o'clock, the arrival of the telegram with the news that the marriage had been solemnized (in London) was patiently waited for. About 20 minutes after the meridian hour, the expected signal was given, up ran the Union Jack to the top of the flagstone erected on Bonfire Rock, 'Fire' said Capt Weaver, and upon the word, chuck went the lanyard, and off roared the first gun of the grand salvo in honour of Earl Beauchamp's nuptials.
Peal on peal followed the thunder of the cannon, waking the Misses Echo of the hills, and all her relatives for miles throughout the beautiful valley of the Severn.... North and South of the field pieces two batteries furnished with motors, the property of the Local Board, joined in the deafening chorus.
Other 'rejoicing' included a torchlight procession from the Abbey Gateway to the Worcestershire Beacon in which there were more than 300 torch-bearers, and a bonfire on Bonfire Rock. The material for the bonfire -which could be seen for 50 miles - comprised 1,3000 faggots, 24 cords of ash, four truck loads of railway sleepers, 100 tar barrels, six barrels of pitch, 1,500 hop-poles, 36 gallons of petroline, 120 cart loads of gorse, six wagon loads of larch croppings, and two tons of coal.
All the schools in the neighborhood were regaled with a substantial tea'.