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John Ralph Beaumont

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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

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He was educated at Eton College and then Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1952.[1]

Career

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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

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In his later years he lived in the family home at Plas Llwyngwern, near Machynlleth.

Family

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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

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Beaumont died, aged 65 in Wales.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "ThePeerage - John Ralph Beaumont". Retrieved 21 December 2006.
  2. ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1929). Armorial Families. Vol. I. London: Hurst & Blackett. p. 122.
  3. ^ "The Society of Heraldic Arts - An Armorial of Zimbabwe and Rhodesia" (PDF). Retrieved 7 August 2009.
  4. ^ "No. 46795". The London Gazette. 13 January 1976. p. 581.
  5. ^ "No. 49338". The London Gazette. 3 May 1983. p. 5981.