For other people of a similar name, see John Vivian.
"Always pleasant, always genial." Vivian as caricatured by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini) in Vanity Fair, November 1870
John Cranch Walker Vivian (18 April 1818 – 22 January 1879)[1] was an English Liberal politician from the Vivian family who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1841 and 1871.
Career
Vivian was the second son of the Lieutenant-general Sir Richard Hussey Vivian and his first wife Eliza De Crespigny, daughter of Philip Campion De Crespigny. Born at the Château de Rosamel in Frencq, France,[2] he was educated at Eton College and joined the 11th Hussars as cornet in February 1836. He became a lieutenant in December 1837, captain in April 1840 and retired in 1842. Vivian was a deputy lieutenant and JP for Cornwall.[3]
Vivian died at the age of 60[10] at his home at The Priory, Richmond, London, leaving a personal estate of less than £1,000 to his widow.[11]
Family
Vivian married firstly in 1840 Louisa Woodgate, daughter of Henry Woodgate. She died in 1855 and he married secondly in 1861 Florence Grosvenor Rowley, daughter of Major Rowley of the Bombay Cavalry. They were divorced in August 1869[3] after she eloped with the Marquess of Waterford,[12] and married him on 3 July 1872. She died 4 April 1873.[13] Vivian married, thirdly, Emma Harvey in 1876.
His grandson, Herbert Vivian was a journalist, writer and newspaper proprietor who was one of the key members of the Neo-Jacobite Revival of the 1880s and 1890s.
References
^"In Memoriam". The Cornishman. No. 48. 12 June 1879. p. 4.