Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Baronet (died 11 August 1676)[1] was an English politician.
Biography
Beaumont was the oldest son of Sir Henry Beaumont and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Turpin.[2] Beaumont sat as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicestershire between 1654 and 1659[1] and was High Sheriff of Leicestershire between 1668 and 1669.[3] On 5 March 1658, he was created a baronet, of Stoughton Grange, in the County of Leicester by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell.[3] After the Restoration however this creation was declared invalid and Beaumont received a new patent, dated on 21 February 1661.[2]
Family
Beaumont married Elizabeth Trott, daughter of Sir Nicholas Trott.[4] They had three sons and three daughters.[4] Beaumont was buried at Stoughton, Leicestershire[3] and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Henry.[4]
Notes
- 1 2 Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "B" (part 2)
- 1 2 Burke 1832, p. 93.
- 1 2 3 Lundy 2011.
- 1 2 3 Kimber 1771, p. 164.
References
- Burke, John (1832), A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, I (4th ed.), London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, p. 93
- Kimber, Edward (1771), Richard Johnson, ed., The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets, II, London: Thomas Wotton, p. 164
- Lundy, Darryl (1 February 2011), Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Bt, The Peerage, p. 12041 § 120408, retrieved February 2009 Check date values in:
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Further reading
- Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1903), Complete Baronetage 1649–1664, 3, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, p. 4, 164
| Baronetage of England | ||
|---|---|---|
| New creation | Baronet (of Stoughton Grange) 1661–1676 |
Succeeded by Henry Beaumont |