Sir Richard Beaumont, 1st Baronet

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Sir Richard Beaumont, 1st Baronet JP (2 August 1574 – 28 October 1631)[1] was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625.

Beaumont was a son of Edward Beaumont and Elizabeth Ramsden, daughter of John Ramsden.

Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontefract in the Useless Parliament.[3] On 15 August 1628 Charles I created him a baronet, of Whitley, in the County of York.[1]

He built the stately home, Whitley Beaumont near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.[4]

Beaumont died unmarried and with his death the

baronetcy became extinct.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment โ€“ Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary. p. 49.
  3. ^ a b c "ThePeerage โ€“ Sir Richard Beaumont, 1st and last Bt". Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  4. ^ Law, Edward. "HUDDERSFIELD & DISTRICT HISTORY CONNECTIONS WITH TITLED CLASSES IN MODERN TIMES".
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir Thomas Wentworth
Sir John Jackson
Sir John Jackson
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
New creation Baronet
(of Whitley)
1628โ€“1631
Extinct