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Ralph Edward Blackett Beaumont CBE , TD , DL , JP (12 February 1901 – 18 September 1977),[1] styled The Honourable from 1907, was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.
Background and education [ edit ]
Born at Belgrave Square in London , he was the second son of Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale and his wife Lady Alexandrina Louise Maud Vane-Tempest, daughter of George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry .[2] His older brother was Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale .[2] Beaumont was educated at Eton College and went then to Christ Church, Oxford , where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1923 and with a Master of Arts in 1953.
Military career [ edit ]
He joined the British Army and was promoted to a second lieutenant of the Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1931.[3] Beaumont became lieutenant in 1934[4] and captain with the begin of the Second World War in 1939.[5] He was finally advanced to lieutenant-colonel in 1947.[6]
Beaumont received the Territorial Decoration in 1948[7] and an additional clasp two years later.[8] Having reached the age limit in 1956, he left the Army.[9]
Political career [ edit ]
He stood unsuccessfully for Cannock in 1929.[10] Beaumont entered the British House of Commons in 1931, sitting as a Member of Parliament (MP ) for Portsmouth Central until the war's end in 1945.[11] During this time he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Postmaster-General in 1935, a post he held until 1940, and to the Secretary of State for War in 1942 until his defeat in the general election three years later.[12] From 1952, he worked as a Development Commissioner.[13]
Beaumont was nominated High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire in 1957, representing the county also as justice of the peace .[13] He was chairman of the Montgomeryshire County Agriculture Executive Committee and served as a member of the Council on Tribunals from 1958.[13] Having been previously a deputy lieutenant , he became Vice Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire in 1962 until his death in 1977.[10] Beaumont was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year's Honours 1967.[14]
On 22 March 1926, he married Helena Mary Christine Wray, younger daughter of Brigadier Cecil Wray, at St George's, Hanover Square , and had by her three children.[15] Beaumont's wife died in 1962 and he survived her until 1977; he was buried at St Peter's Church, Machynlleth .[10] His older son was the Rhodesian politician John Ralph Beaumont .[15]
References [ edit ]
^ a b Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1929). Armorial Families . Vol. I. London: Hurst & Blackett. p. 122.
^ "No. 33742" . The London Gazette . 7 August 1931. p. 5180.
^ "No. 34073" . The London Gazette . 27 July 1934. p. 4815.
^ "No. 34653" . The London Gazette . 11 August 1939. p. 5547.
^ "No. 38725" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 September 1949. p. 446.
^ "No. 38256" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 April 1948. p. 2257.
^ "No. 38842" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 February 1950. p. 847.
^ "No. 40729" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 March 1956. p. 1503.
^ a b c "Welsh Biography Online – BEAUMONT, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. RALPH EDWARD BLACKETT" . Retrieved 4 November 2009 .
^ "Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Portsmouth Central" . Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009 .{{cite web }}
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^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X .
^ a b c Who Is Who 1963 . London: Adam & Charles Black. 1963. p. 247.
^ "No. 44210" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1966. p. 10.
^ a b "ThePeerage – Hon. Ralph Edward Blackett Beaumont" . Retrieved 21 December 2006 .
External links [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Beaumont&oldid=1193115233 "
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