In addition to his political duties Frederick Lygon also found time to be a great philanthropist.

He was also the driving force behind the building of the Almshouses and St Leonards Church at Newland, consecrated in 1864,[2][3] conceived by his uncle John Reginald Pindar and his wife Charlotte.

Frederick also finished the building of the church at Madresfield consecrated in 1867[4] which was the gift of Henry 5th Earl Beauchamp who had died before the work was completed.

They had five children: 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.

Lord Beauchamp died on 19 February 1891,[12] aged 60, at his home, Madresfield Court, from a heart attack he suffered at dinner that night.