Sir Henry Beaumont, 2nd Baronet

Sir Henry Beaumont, 2nd Baronet (2 April 1638 – 27 January 1689)[1] was an English politician.

He was the oldest son of Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Trott, daughter of Sir Nicholas Trott, and was baptised at Stoughton Grange.[2] Beaumont was educated at St John's College, Oxford[2] and succeeded his father as baronet in 1676.[3] He sat as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester between 1679 and 1689.[4]

On 2 April 1662, he married Elizabeth Farmer, daughter of George Farmer, at St Andrew's Church, Holborn.[2] They had seven daughters and fourteen sons (six having died as infants).[5] Beaumont was buried at Stoughton, Leicestershire[6] and was succeeded in the baronetcy successively by his sons Thomas, George and Lewis.[5]

References

"Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 30 March 2009.
"ThePeerage - Sir Henry Beaumont, 2nd Btt". Retrieved 15 February 2009.
Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 93.
"Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Leicester". Retrieved 30 March 2009.
Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson (ed.). The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. vol. II. London: Thomas Wotton. pp. 164–165.
Collins, Arthur (1741). The English Baronetage: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets, Now Existing. vol. III. London: Thomas Wotton. p. 242.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir William Hartopp John Grey	Member of Parliament for Leicester 1679–1689 With: John Grey 1679–1685 Thomas Babington 1685–1689	Succeeded by Lawrence Carter Thomas Babington
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Thomas Beaumont	Baronet (of Stoughton Grange) 1676–1689	Succeeded by Thomas Beaumont

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[1] "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 30 March 2009.

[thePeerage-2] "ThePeerage - Sir Henry Beaumont, 2nd Btt". Retrieved 15 February 2009.

[3] Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 93.

[4] "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Leicester". Retrieved 30 March 2009.

[Kimber-5] Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson (ed.). The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. vol. II. London: Thomas Wotton. pp. 164–165.

[6] Collins, Arthur (1741). The English Baronetage: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets, Now Existing. vol. III. London: Thomas Wotton. p. 242.