Background
Beaumont was the son of Sir Henry Beaumont of Cole Orton, Leicestershire and his wife Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of John Lewis of London.
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Thomas Beaumont
Edit ProfileMember of Parliament in the Parliament of England High Sheriff of Leicestershire
Education
He was educated at Peterhouse College, Cambridge (c 1596) and studied law at the Inner Temple in 1610.
Career
He was raised to the peerage in 1622. He was knighted at Belvoir Castle on 23 April 1603. He was a Justice of the Peace for Leicestershire by 1608 to 1616 and from 1618 to at least 1623 and was appointed Sheriff of Leicestershire for 1610–11.
He was created baronet on 17 September 1619 and created Viscount Beaumont of Swords on 20 May 1622. Swords was a town in County Dublin, and now in County Fingal. Beaumont died as the result of his injuries in a duel.
Membership
In 1604, he was elected Member of Parliament for Leicestershire. He was a member of the Virginia Company by 1612.
