Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale
George V | |
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| Prime Minister | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The Earl Waldegrave |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Craven |
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| Born | 2 December 1860 Bywell Hall, Northumberland |
| Died | 12 December 1923 London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Lady Alexandrina Louisa Maud Vane-Tempest |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
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Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale
DL (2 December 1860 – 12 December 1923), styled The Hon. Wentworth Beaumont between 1906 and 1907, and Lord Allendale from 1907, was a British Liberal
politician.
Background and education
Beaumont was born at
MA in 1888.[2]
Political career
Beaumont was Member of Parliament for
Privy Council the following month. On 5 July 1911 he was created Viscount Allendale, of Allendale and Hexham in the County of Northumberland,[3] and from October of that year to 1916 he was a Lord-in-waiting under H. H. Asquith. Beaumont was also appointed a deputy lieutenant of Northumberland in September 1901.[4]
Family
Lord Allendale married Lady Alexandrina Vane-Tempest, daughter of George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry, on 12 November 1889. They had six children:
- Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale (6 August 1890 – 16 December 1956).
- Margaret Helen Beaumont (13 November 1892 – 10 June 1958), married the 5th Earl Fortescue and had issue.
- Aline Mary de Burgh Beaumont (23 April 1895 – 15 April 1967).
- Diane Beaumont (1896–31 January 1897).
- Ralph Edward Blackett Beaumont (12 February 1901 – 18 September 1977).
- Agatha Violet Beaumont (26 December 1903 – 15 January 1994).
Lord Allendale died in London in December 1923, aged 63, and was buried in the grounds of Bretton Hall, near Wakefield.
References
- ^ Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.56
- ^ "Beaumont, Wentworth Canning Blackett (BMNT879WC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "No. 28519". The London Gazette. 4 August 1911. p. 5803.
- ^ "No. 27352". The London Gazette. 6 September 1901. p. 5879.
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