Edward Pyndar Lygon

Edward Pyndar Lygon, CB (3 April 1786 – 11 November 1860) was a senior officer in the British Army and a Member of Parliament.

[1] Edward was the fourth son of William Lygon, 1st Earl Beauchamp, by his wife Catharine, the only daughter of James Denn.

Edward was educated at Westminster School and entered the British Army in 1803 as a cornet in the 2nd Life Guards.

He was made major and lieutenant-colonel in 1815 and commanded the 2nd Life Guards at the Battle of Waterloo.

He died unmarried at his London home in 1860, although he also owned Spring Hill in Broadway, Worcestershire.