Viscount Allendale

Viscountcy of Allendale
Arms of Beaumont, Viscount Allendale: Gules, a lion rampant or armed and langued azure an orle of eight crescents of the second[1]
Creation date	5 July 1911
Created by	King George V
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Baron Allendale
Present holder	Wentworth Beaumont, 4th Viscount
Heir apparent	Wentworth Ambrose Ismay Beaumont
Remainder to	the 1st Viscount's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten.
Subsidiary titles	Baron Allendale

Viscount Allendale, of Allendale and Hexham in the County of Northumberland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 5 July 1911 for the Liberal politician Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Baron Allendale. The title of Baron Allendale, of Allendale and Hexham in the County of Northumberland, had been created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 20 July 1906 for his father, the Yorkshire mining magnate and Liberal Member of Parliament, Wentworth Beaumont. The first Viscount's son, the second Viscount, notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland between 1949 and 1956. As of 2017^[update] the titles are held by the latter's grandson, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 2002.

Several other members of the Beaumont family have also gained distinction. Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, father of the first Baron, was a politician. Hubert Beaumont, third son of the first Baron Allendale, was a Liberal politician. His grandson was Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley.

The family seats are Bywell Hall, in Bywell and Stocksfield Hall, in Stocksfield, both in Northumberland. They also owned Bretton Hall in West Yorkshire.