Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 8th Baronet

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Sir Michael Hicks Hicks-Beach, 8th Baronet (25 October 180922 November 1854) was Member of Parliament (MP) for East Gloucestershire from January 1854 until his death in November of the same year.

Hicks-Beach married Harriett Vittoria, daughter of John Stratton, in 1832. He died in November 1854, aged 45, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Michael, who became a prominent Conservative politician and was created Earl St Aldwyn in 1915. Hicks-Beach's younger son William Frederick Hicks-Beach was also an MP. Lady Hicks-Beach died in 1900.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Christopher William Codrington
Marquess of Worcester
Member of Parliament for East Gloucestershire
2-seat constituency
(with Sir Christopher William Codrington)

1854
Succeeded by
Robert Stayner Holford
Sir Christopher William Codrington
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Hicks
Baronet
of Beverston, Gloucestershire
1834–1854
Succeeded by
Michael Hicks Beach