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'''Sir Richard Beaumont, 1st Baronet''' [[Justice of the peace|JP]] (2 August 1574 &ndash; 28 October 1631)<ref name = RayBat>{{cite web | url = http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB2.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080501224753/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB2.htm | url-status = unfit | archive-date = 1 May 2008 | title = Leigh Rayment – Baronetage | access-date =27 March 2009 }}</ref> was an [[England|English]] politician who sat in the [[House of Commons of England|House of Commons]] in 1625.
'''Sir Richard Beaumont, 1st Baronet''' [[Justice of the peace|JP]] (2 August 1574 &ndash; 28 October 1631)<ref name = RayBat>{{cite web | url = http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB2.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080501224753/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB2.htm | archive-date = 1 May 2008 | title = Leigh Rayment – Baronetage | url-status = usurped | access-date =27 March 2009 }}</ref> was an [[England|English]] politician who sat in the [[House of Commons of England|House of Commons]] in 1625.


Beaumont was a son of Edward Beaumont and Elizabeth Ramsden, daughter of John Ramsden.<ref name = "Burke's"/> He was knighted by [[James I of England]] in 1609. In 1613, he commanded two hundred train-band soldiers per commission.<ref name = "Burke's">{{cite book | last = Burke | first = John | editor = John Bernhard Burke | title = A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland | publisher = Scott, Webster, and Geary | location = London | edition = 2nd | year = 1841 | pages = 49 }}</ref> Two years later he was a [[justice of the peace]] of the County of York.<ref name = thePeerage/> In 1625 Beaumont was elected [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)|Pontefract]] in the [[Useless Parliament]].<ref name = thePeerage/> On 15 August 1628 Charles I created him a [[baronet]], of [[Whitley, North Yorkshire|Whitley]], in the County of York.<ref name = RayBat/>
Beaumont was a son of Edward Beaumont and Elizabeth Ramsden, daughter of John Ramsden.<ref name = "Burke's"/> He was knighted by [[James I of England]] in 1609. In 1613, he commanded two hundred train-band soldiers per commission.<ref name = "Burke's">{{cite book | last = Burke | first = John | editor = John Bernhard Burke | title = A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland | publisher = Scott, Webster, and Geary | location = London | edition = 2nd | year = 1841 | pages = 49 }}</ref> Two years later he was a [[justice of the peace]] of the County of York.<ref name = thePeerage/> In 1625 Beaumont was elected [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)|Pontefract]] in the [[Useless Parliament]].<ref name = thePeerage/> On 15 August 1628 Charles I created him a [[baronet]], of [[Whitley, North Yorkshire|Whitley]], in the County of York.<ref name = RayBat/>

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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.[2] He was knighted by James I of England in 1609. In 1613, he commanded two hundred train-band soldiers per commission.[2] Two years later he was a justice of the peace of the County of York.[3] In 1625 Beaumont was elected 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

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  1. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment – 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 – 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
Member of Parliament for Pontefract
1625
With: Sir John Jackson
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
New creation Baronet
(of Whitley)
1628–1631
Extinct