Sir Edward Beauchamp, 1st Baronet JP (12 April 1849 – 1 February 1925) was a British businessman and

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politician.

Background

Beauchamp was educated at

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. He served as a midshipman in the Royal Navy. He was Chairman of

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from 1905 to 1913, and vice-chairman from 1915 to 1916. He was made a

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on 27 June 1911, of

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, in the

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Political career

Beauchamp was a Justice of the peace for Norfolk. At the

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, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Lowestoft division of

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. He was defeated at the

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, but regained the seat at the December 1910 election. He was re-elected in

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as a

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, a holder the "

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" issued to supporters of the

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led by

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. He did not contest the 1922 election, when his son Brograve stood as a

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candidate, but lost by a wide margin to the

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Gervais Rentoul.

Electoral record

Family

Beauchamp was the second son of Reverend William Henry Beauchamp, who in turn was the second son of

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. He was married twice: # On 20 July 1875 to Frances Mary (''née'' Stephen), daughter of James Stephen. She died on 7 May 1886, having had two children with Edward Beauchamp: #* Esmé Frances Nevill Augusta Beauchamp (17 June 1876 - 2 January 1913) #* Arthur Sholto Beauchamp (28 February 1880 – 29 December 1880) # On 2 June 1890 to Betty Campbell (''née'' Woods), the daughter of Archibald Woods, an American. She died on 26 January 1946, having had two children with Edward Beauchamp: #* Edward Archibald Beauchamp (5 April 1891 – 22 December 1914), a Second Lieutenant serving in the

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, killed in the

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#* Brograve Campbell Beauchamp (5 May 1897 – 25 August 1976), who succeeded to the baronetcy and was Conservative MP for Walthamstow East from 1931 to 1945.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beauchamp, Edward 1849 births 1925 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1918–1922 Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

Edward Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...

People educated at Highgate School