was a close friend and correspondent of her brother Lord Beauchamp. She was a friend and promoter of the composer Edward Elgar and is thought to be commemorated anonymously in one of his Enigma Variations entitled "Romanza (***)". She was the first President of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Trefusis Hall in the EFDSS HQ, Cecil Sharp House, is named for her. She was also Lady in Waiting to Queen Mary. Lady Susan Lygon (24 May 1870 – 28 January 1962), married 1889 Sir Robert Gilmour, 1st Baronet, and had issue. William Lygon, Viscount Elmley, later 7th Earl Beauchamp (1872–1938) Lieutenant The Hon. Edward Hugh Lygon (1873–1900), killed in the Second Boer War Lady Margaret Lygon (1874–1957), married the 2nd Baron Ampthill and had issue. Lady Beauchamp died on 30 June 1876, and on 24 September 1878 Lord Beauchamp married Lady Emily Pierrepont (16 March 1853 – 11 May 1935), daughter of the 3rd Earl Manvers and his wife Georgiana Jane E. F. de Franquetot, at Perlethorpe in Nottinghamshire. They had four children, two sons and two daughters: Hon. Robert Lygon (9 August 1879 – 13 January 1952); m.10 Oct 1903 Cecil Albinia Arbuthnot; they had issue, one son Reginald (who died in 1976, aged 72, shortly before his half-cousin the 8th Earl; he had only daughters). Hon. Henry Lygon (10 April 1884 – 23 February 1936) who died unmarried aged 51. Lady Agnes Lygon (7 December 1880 – 1960); m. 1906 Hon. Arthur George Villiers Peel (27 Feb 1868 – 25 Apr 1956), and had issue. Lady Maud Lygon, later Lady Maud Hoare, and still later (1944) Viscountess Templewood (5 July 1882 – 27 December 1962) married 1909 Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880–1959); they had no issue. Lady Maud was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1927. Lord Beauchamp died on 19 February 1891, aged 60, at his home, Madresfield Court, from a heart attack he suffered at dinner that night. His eighteen-year-old eldest son William succeeded him in the earldom. He was buried in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin Madresfield near the south east corner of the church alongside his first wife Mary; his second wife Emily was later interred on his other side. His grave is marked by kerbing which has no inscription; in his will he had expressly forbidden any tribute or monument. References Sources