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Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st baronet

1821–94

Industrialist and politician. Entered Trinity College, Cambridge, 1840. Became a partner in the family copper-smelting business, 1842. MP for Truro, 1852–7; Glamorgan, 1857–85; Swansea district, 1885–93. Fellow of the Geological Society. Created baronet 1882; became Baron Swansea, 1893.

Source

DNB.

Bibliography

DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.

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