John Cranch Walker Vivian (18 April 1818 – 22 January 1879) was an English Liberal politician from the

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who sat in the

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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

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, France, he was educated at

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and joined the

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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.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
/ref> Vivian was elected Member of Parliament for

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in July 1841 and held the seat until July 1847. He was elected MP for

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in April 1857 and held the seat until May 1859, when he stood unsuccessfully at

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. At the 1865 general election he was elected Member of Parliament for Truro and he held the seat until 1871. He was appointed a

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in December 1868, holding office until 1870 when he was appointed

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. He held that office until 1871 when he was appointed

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, thereby vacating his seat. Vivian died at the age of 60 at his home at The Priory,

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, London, leaving a personal estate of less than £1,000 to his widow.

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 after she eloped with the

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, and married him on 3 July 1872. She died 4 April 1873.Joseph Foster, The Peerage, Baronetage etc 1881 Vivian married, thirdly, Emma Harvey in 1876. His grandson,

Herbert Vivian Herbert Vivian (3 April 1865 – 18 April 1940) was an English journalist, author and newspaper owner, who befriended Lord Randolph Churchill, Charles Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen, Charles Russell, Leopold Maxse and others in the 1880s. H ...

was a journalist, writer and newspaper proprietor who was one of the key members of the

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of the 1880s and 1890s.

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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Penryn and Falmouth Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Bodmin Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Truro