Thomas Wentworth Beaumont

Thomas Wentworth Beaumont
Thomas Wentworth Beaumont
Member of Parliament for Northumberland
In office
1818–1826
Serving with Sir Charles Monck (1818-1820)
Charles John Brandling (1820-1826)
Preceded bySir Charles Monck
Thomas Richard Beaumont
Succeeded byMatthew Bell
Henry Liddell
Member of Parliament for Stafford
In office
1826–1830
Serving with Ralph Benson
Preceded byRichard Ironmonger
Ralph Benson
Succeeded byJohn Campbell
Thomas Gisborne
Member of Parliament for Northumberland
In office
18301832
Serving with Matthew Bell (1830-1831)
Henry Grey (1831-1832)
Preceded byMatthew Bell
Henry Liddell
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of Parliament for South Northumberland
In office
18321837
Serving with Matthew Bell
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byMatthew Bell
Christopher Blackett
Personal details
Born(1792-11-05)5 November 1792
Old Burlington Street, Mayfair, London
Died20 December 1848(1848-12-20) (aged 56)
Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Resting placeBretton Hall, West Yorkshire
Political partyTory
Spouse
Henrietta Jane Emma Hawks Atkinson
(m. 1827)
Children6
Parents
RelativesWentworth Beaument (son)
Somerset Beaumont (son)
EducationEton College
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge
Military career
Allegiance Great Britain
Service / branchBritish Army
RankLieutenant-colonel
UnitNorthumberland Militia
Arms of Beaumont, of Bretton Hall, Yorkshire: Gules, a lion rampant or armed and langued azure an orle of eight crescents of the second[1]
Funeral hatchment in St Andrew's Church, Bywell, Northumberland, of Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, showing the arms of Beaumont impaling Atkinson

Thomas Wentworth Beaumont (5 November 1792 – 20 December 1848)[2] of Bretton Hall, Wakefield in Yorkshire, and of Bywell Hall in Northumberland, was a British politician and soldier. In 1831, at the time he inherited his mother's estate, he was the richest commoner in England.[3]

  1. ^ Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.56
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Stafford was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Welford, Richard (1895). Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed. London, W. Scott. p. 223.