John Ralph Beaumont
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 Christine 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. 8 Jan 1954
- Andrew John Blackett Beaumont b. 27 Mar 1956
- Louise Christine Winsmore Beaumont b. 27 Mar 1956
- Hugh Edward Stewart Beaumont b. 25 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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