Thomas Wentworth Beaumont (5 November 1792 – 20 December 1848) of Bretton Hall,

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, and of Bywell Hall in

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, was a British politician and soldier. In 1831, at the time he inherited his mother's estate, he was the richest

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Origins

Thomas Wentworth B Beaumont was born on 5 November 1792 in

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, the eldest son of

Thomas Richard Beaumont Colonel Thomas Richard Beaumont (29 April 1758 – 31 July 1829) of Bretton Hall, Wakefield, Yorkshire, was a British Tory politician and soldier. Origins He was the son of Thomas Beaumont of The Oaks in Darton, Yorkshire, by his wife Anne Ay ...

by his wife Diana Wentworth, daughter of Sir Thomas Wentworth, 5th Baronet. He was educated at

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and

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, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1813.

Career

He served as lieutenant-colonel of the

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, but resigned in 1824. In 1826, he fought a duel with

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later 1st

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. He was president of the

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and a member of the

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. In 1816 Beaumont stood as Member of Parliament (MP) for

, the same constituency his father had represented before. He lost this seat in 1826, however was successful for

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in a by-election in 1826. 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. Beaumont was elected for the latter, and sat then for South Northumberland until his retirement from politic in 1837. Initially a

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, he was considered a Liberal from 1820.

Marriage and progeny

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

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, eldest son and heir, raised to the

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in 1906; * Somerset Archibald Beaumont, 3rd son, MP for

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and

Death and burial

Beaumont died at the age of 56 at

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and was buried at his seat Bretton Hall,

, Yorkshire.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beaumont, Thomas Wentworth 1792 births 1848 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Thomas Wentworth Tory MPs (pre-1834) Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Stafford People educated at Eton College UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 Committee members of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge