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Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea (6 July 1821 – 28 November 1894) was a Welsh
Wales

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 industrialist.

The son of industrialist and MP
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 John Henry Vivian
John Henry Vivian

John Henry Vivian was an industrialist and politician.Vivian was the son of John Vivian, of Truro, Cornwall, and his wife Betsey, daughter of Reverend Richard Cranch, and the brother of Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian....
, Henry Hussey Vivian served as a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 for Truro 1852-7, Glamorganshire
Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Glamorganshire was a United Kingdom constituencies in Wales, returning two Members of Parliament to the British House of Commons. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 divided it into five new constituencies: East Glamorganshire , South Glamorganshire , Mid Glamorganshire , Gower and Rhondda ....
 1857–85 and Swansea District
Swansea District (UK Parliament constituency)

Swansea District or Swansea District of Boroughs was a borough constituency. It was represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
 1885–93. He developed a range of by-products from the copper
Copper

Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29.It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity....
-smelting business founded by his father, and introduced the "sliding scale" of miners' wages after the strike of 1889.






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Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea (6 July 1821 – 28 November 1894) was a Welsh
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
 industrialist.

The son of industrialist and MP
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 John Henry Vivian
John Henry Vivian

John Henry Vivian was an industrialist and politician.Vivian was the son of John Vivian, of Truro, Cornwall, and his wife Betsey, daughter of Reverend Richard Cranch, and the brother of Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian....
, Henry Hussey Vivian served as a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 for Truro 1852-7, Glamorganshire
Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Glamorganshire was a United Kingdom constituencies in Wales, returning two Members of Parliament to the British House of Commons. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 divided it into five new constituencies: East Glamorganshire , South Glamorganshire , Mid Glamorganshire , Gower and Rhondda ....
 1857–85 and Swansea District
Swansea District (UK Parliament constituency)

Swansea District or Swansea District of Boroughs was a borough constituency. It was represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
 1885–93. He developed a range of by-products from the copper
Copper

Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29.It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity....
-smelting business founded by his father, and introduced the "sliding scale" of miners' wages after the strike of 1889. It was largely due to his efforts that Swansea
Swansea

Swansea is a City status in the United Kingdom and subdivisions of Wales in Wales. Swansea is in the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower peninsula and the Lliw uplands....
 became a major industrial centre. He was created a baronet
Baronet

A baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown known as a baronetcy....
 in 1882 and Baron Swansea
Baron Swansea

Baron Swansea, of Singleton in the County of Glamorgan, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1893 for the industrialist Henry Hussey Vivian....
 in 1893.

Lord Swansea's younger brother Sir Arthur Vivian
Arthur Vivian

Sir Arthur Pendarves Vivian Order of the Bath , was a British Liberal Party politician.Vivian was the son of the industrialist John Henry Vivian and his wife Sarah, daughter of Arthur Jones....
 was also a Liberal politician.

Marriages and Issue


Lord Swansea married, on 15 April 1847, to Jessie Dalrynple Goddard (c. 1825-28 February 1848). His wife died of childbed fever a few weeks after the birth of their only child.

  • Ernest Ambrose Vivian, 2nd Baron Swansea (11 February 1848-17 July 1922); died unmarried


On 14 July 1853 he married Lady Flora Caroline Elizabeth Cholmeley (d. 25 January 1868), daughter of Sir Montague Cholmeley, 2nd Baronet
Sir Montague Cholmeley, 2nd Baronet

Sir Montague John Cholmeley, 2nd Baronet was a United Kingdom politician and baronet.The son of Sir Montague Cholmeley, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Harrison, daughter of John Harrison, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1831....
. They had one son;

  • The Hon. John Aubrey Vivian (23 July 1854-1 March 1898); died unmarried


Lord Swansea took as his third wife, on 10 November 1870, Averil Beaumont (1841-14 January 1934), granddaughter of the 3rd Baron Macdonald of Slate
Godfrey Macdonald, 3rd Baron Macdonald of Slate

Lt.-General Sir Godfrey Bosville Macdonald, 3rd Baron Macdonald of Slate was the second son of Alexander Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald and Elizabeth Diana Bosville ....
. He and his third wife had six children;

  • Violet Averil Margaret Vivian (3 December 1871-30 March 1943)
  • Henry Hussey Vivian (5 February 1873-11 December 1898); died unmarried
  • Odo Richard Vivian, 3rd Baron Swansea (22 April 1875-16 November 1934)
  • Averil Vivian (4 December 1876-1 February 1959)
  • Alexandra Gladys Vivian (c. 1879-17 July 1966)
  • Alberta Diana Vivian (10 February 1883-1968)