Sir Richard Beaumont, 1st Baronet

Sir Richard Beaumont, 1st Baronet JP (2 August 1574 – 28 October 1631)^[1] was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625.

Beaumont was a son of Edward Beaumont and Elizabeth Ramsden, daughter of John Ramsden.^[2] He was knighted by James I of England in 1609. In 1613, he commanded two hundred train-band soldiers per commission.^[2] Two years later he was a justice of the peace of the County of York.^[3] In 1625 Beaumont was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontefract in the Useless Parliament.^[3] On 15 August 1628 Charles I created him a baronet, of Whitley, in the County of York.^[1]

He built the stately home, Whitley Beaumont near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.^[4]

Beaumont died unmarried and with his death the baronetcy became extinct.^[3]

References

1. "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary. p. 49.
3. "ThePeerage – Sir Richard Beaumont, 1st and last Bt". Retrieved 14 February 2009.
4. Law, Edward. "HUDDERSFIELD & DISTRICT HISTORY CONNECTIONS WITH TITLED CLASSES IN MODERN TIMES".

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Thomas Wentworth Sir John Jackson	Member of Parliament for Pontefract 1625 With: Sir John Jackson	Succeeded by Sir John Jackson Sir Francis Foljambe, 1st Baronet 1626
Baronetage of England
New creation	Baronet (of Whitley) 1628–1631	Extinct