Thomas Wentworth Beaumont

Thomas Wentworth Beaumont (5 November 1792 – 20 December 1848)[2] of Bretton Hall, Wakefield in Yorkshire, and of Bywell Hall in Northumberland, was a British politician and soldier. In 1831, at the time he inherited his mother's estate, he was the richest commoner in England.[3]

Thomas Wentworth Beaumont
Arms of Beaumont, of Bretton Hall, Yorkshire: Gules, a lion rampant or armed and langued azure an orle of eight crescents of the second[1]
Funeral hatchment in St Andrew's Church, Bywell, Northumberland, of Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, showing the arms of Beaumont impaling Atkinson

Origins

Thomas Wentworth B Beaumont was born on 5 November 1792 in Old Burlington Street in Mayfair, London, the eldest son of Thomas Richard Beaumont by his wife Diana Wentworth, daughter of Sir Thomas Wentworth, 5th Baronet.[4] He was educated at Eton College and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1813.[5]

Career

He served as lieutenant-colonel of the Northumberland Militia, but resigned in 1824.[4] In 1826, he fought a duel with John Lambton later 1st Earl of Durham.[6] He was president of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland and a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron.[4]

In 1816 Beaumont stood as Member of Parliament (MP) for Northumberland, the same constituency his father had represented before.[7] He lost this seat in 1826, however was successful for Stafford in a by-election in 1826.[2] After the general election of 1830 Beaumont was returned again for Northumberland, until in 1832, the constituency was split into a north and south division.[7] Beaumont was elected for the latter, and sat then for South Northumberland until his retirement from politic in 1837.[7] Initially a Tory, he was considered a Liberal from 1820.[6]

Marriage and progeny

On 22 November 1827 Beaumont married Henrietta Jane Emma Hawks Atkinson, daughter of John Atkinson,[8] by whom he had two daughters and four sons,[8] including:

Death and burial

Beaumont died at the age of 56 at Bournemouth and was buried at his seat Bretton Hall, Wakefield, Yorkshire.[4]

References
  1. Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.56
  2. "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Stafford". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. Welford, Richard (1895). Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed. London, W. Scott. p. 223.
  4. Sylvanus, Urban (1849). The Gentleman's Magazine. London: John Bowyer Nicholls and Son. pp. 94–95.
  5. "Beaumont, Thomas Wentworth (BMNT809TW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. Latimer, John (1857). Local Records of Remarkable Events in Northumberland and Durham. pp. 254.
  7. "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Northumberland & Northumberland South". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. "ThePeerage - Thomas Wentworth Beaumont". Retrieved 29 April 2009.
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