Constituency : Lichfield 1859-68, Bewdley 1869-74
Augustus was the brother of the Earl of Lichfield. He was a captain in the 84th Regiment of Foot and saw action at Sebastopol. In 1857 he took part in suppressing the Indian Mutiny and won the Victoria Cross for two separate acts of dashing bravery during which he was slightly wounded. He also saw service in China in 1860. He rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was a director of the Land and Sea Telegraph Company.
Augustus was elected for the family borough in 1859. He was a right wing Whig who joined the Adullamite faction in 1866. In 1867 Derby offered him office as Treasurer of the Household but he refused. That same year he clashed with Bright who had called for lenient treatment for Fenian prisoners and impugned the Army's actions in India. As Lichfield was reduced to a single member in 1868 he switched to Bewdley but was not successful there until a by-election in 1869 where the Conservative victor was subsequently disqualified. He retired in 1874.
He died in Cannes in 1877 aged 42.
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