Background
He was born in Old Burlington Street in Mayfair, London, the eldest son of Thomas Richard Beaumont by his wife Diana Wentworth, daughter of Sir Thomas Wentworth, 5th Baronet.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
He was born in Old Burlington Street in Mayfair, London, the eldest son of Thomas Richard Beaumont by his wife Diana Wentworth, daughter of Sir Thomas Wentworth, 5th Baronet.
Beaumont was educated at Eton College and Street John"s College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1813.
He served as lieutenant-colonel of the Northumberland Militia, but resigned in 1824. In 1826, he fought a duel with John Lambton later 1st Earl of Durham. He lost this seat in 1826, however was successful for Stafford 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 Tory, he was considered a Liberal from 1820.
Beaumont died at the age of 56 at Bournemouth and was buried at his seat Bretton Hall, Wakefield, Yorkshire.
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He was president of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland and a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron. In 1816 Beaumont stood as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Northumberland, the same constituency his father had represented before.