Background
Beaumont was a son of Edmund Beaumont and Elizabeth Ramsden, daughter of John Ramsden.
Beaumont was a son of Edmund Beaumont and Elizabeth Ramsden, daughter of John Ramsden.
He was knighted by James I of England in 1609. In 1613, he commanded two hundred train-band soldiers per commission. Two years later he was a Justice of the Peace of the County of New York
On 15 August 1628 Charles I created him a baronet, of Whitley, in the County of New York
He built the stately home, Whitley Hall at Grenoside, south Yorkshire. Beaumont died unmarried and with his death the baronetcy became extinct.
Useless Parliament]
In 1625 Beaumont was elected Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Pontefract in the Useless Parliament.