William Spencer Beaumont

Captain William Spencer Beaumont (29 May 1848[1] – 2 August 1926) was a British army officer and a member of the London County Council.

Beaumont was the grandson of John Thomas Barber Beaumont, who raised the Queen Victoria's Rifles in 1803 during the Napoleonic Wars.[2] His parents were John Augustus Beaumont and Caroline Mary Beaumont, who owned Wimbledon Park.[1][3] Beaumont served as a captain in the 14th King's Hussars cavalry regiment in the British Army.[4] In 1876, he married Honoria Cooper.[3][4] In 1889 he was an elected a member of the London County Council to represent Tower Hamlets, Stepney. In 1890, Beaumont petitioned Ecclesiastical Commissioners for a Church site.[5]

Beaumont was the father of Dudley Beaumont (1874–1918), who married Sibyl Collings, later Dame of Sark.[4] His grandson was Francis William Beaumont (1903–1941) and his great-great-grandson is the 23rd Seigneur of Sark, Christopher Beaumont.

  1. ^ a b England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
  2. ^ "QUEEN VICTORIA'S RIFLES" (PDF). King's Royal Rifle Corps Association. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Visitation of Ireland". Internet Archive. 1897. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  4. ^ a b c "Casualty Details: D. J. Beaumont". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  5. ^ "SAINT FAITH, STEPNEY; SHANDY STREET, TOWER HAMLETS" P93/FAI/12 31 July 1890 London Metropolitan Archives