Thomas Richard Beaumont
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Thomas Richard Beaumont | |
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.svg) 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] | |
| Born | 29 April 1758 |
| Died | 31 July 1829 (aged 71) |
| Occupations | Colonel, politician |
| Spouse | Diana Wentworth |
| Children | Thomas Wentworth Beaumont |
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| Relatives | Sir Thomas Wentworth, 5th Baronet (father-in-law) Baron Allendale (descendant) Viscount Allendale (descendant) |
Colonel Thomas Richard Beaumont (29 April 1758 – 31 July 1829)[2] of Bretton Hall, Wakefield, Yorkshire, was a British Tory[3] politician and soldier.
He was the son of Thomas Beaumont of The Oaks in Darton, Yorkshire, by his wife Anne Ayscough, daughter of Edward Ayscough.[4]
Career
In 1794 Beaumont raised the 21st Light Dragoons and served as the regiment's colonel until 1802.[5] He entered the British House of Commons in 1795 and sat for Northumberland first in the Parliament of Great Britain, then in Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1818.[2]
Marriage and children
Beaumont married Diana Wentworth (1765–1831), daughter of Sir Thomas Wentworth, 5th Baronet,[6] by whom he had three daughters and five sons,[6] including Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, eldest son, also MP for Northumberland,[6] and the ancestor of Baron Allendale and Viscount Allendale.
The genus of plant in the Apocynaceae family was named Beaumontia in Diana Wentworth Beaumont's honour as she was a botanical patron.[7]