John Ralph Beaumont DL, JP (22 April 1927 – November 1992)[1] was a Rhodesian politician. He was the son of Ralph Edward Blackett Beaumont, son of Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale, and his wife Helena Mary Christine Wray, daughter of Cecil Wray.[2]
Education edit
He was educated at Eton College and then Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1952.[1]
Career edit
In the 1962 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland election, Beaumont was elected for Mrewa, sitting for the constituency until the federation's dissolution in the following year.[3]
He became a Justice of the Peace of Powys in 1976[4] and represented the county as Deputy Lieutenant from 1983.[5]
Residence edit
In his later years he lived in the family home at Plas Llwyngwern, near Machynlleth.
Family edit
On 26 June 1951, he married Audrey Lilian Christie Hickling, daughter of Edward Thomas Hickling, and had by her six children, five sons and one daughter.:[1]
- Ralph Wentworth Christopher Beaumont b. 4 Apr 1952
- Nigel Canning Vane Beaumont b. 9 Jan 1954
- Andrew John Blackett Beaumont b. 27 Mar 1956
- Louise Christine Winsmore Beaumont b. 27 Mar 1956
- Hugh Edward Stewart Beaumont b. 31 Mar 1959
- Peter John Tempest Beaumont b. 29 Dec 1964
Death edit
Beaumont died, aged 65 in Wales.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "ThePeerage - John Ralph Beaumont". Retrieved 21 December 2006.
- ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1929). Armorial Families. Vol. I. London: Hurst & Blackett. p. 122.
- ^ "The Society of Heraldic Arts - An Armorial of Zimbabwe and Rhodesia" (PDF). Retrieved 7 August 2009.
- ^ "No. 46795". The London Gazette. 13 January 1976. p. 581.
- ^ "No. 49338". The London Gazette. 3 May 1983. p. 5981.
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