Lewis Beaumont Explained

Honorific Prefix:Admiral
Sir Lewis Beaumont
Birth Date:19 May 1847[1]
Birth Place:Paris, France[2]
Death Place:Cuckfield, Sussex, England
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Rank:Admiral
Commands:Pacific Station
Australia Station
Plymouth Command
Branch: Royal Navy
Awards:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Admiral Sir Lewis Anthony Beaumont, (19 May 1847  - 20 June 1922) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.

Naval career

Beaumont joined the Royal Navy as a boy in 1860 and was engaged in operations in Malaya by 1875.[3] Between 1875 and 1876 he took part as senior lieutenant in the British Arctic Expedition led by George Nares on, an attempt to reach the North Pole and to explore the northwest coast of Greenland. Beaumont led a dogsled party that reached Sherard Osborn Fjord in May 1876 and left a cairn at Repulse Harbour.[4]

He was given command of in 1893,[5] before becoming Director of Naval Intelligence in 1895.[6]

He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1899[7] and Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station in 1900.[8] During his time in Australia, he had as his flagship, and he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) on the occasion of the visit to Australia of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary). He was promoted to vice-admiral on 9 September 1902, and left Australia in January 1903 returning to the United Kingdom via New Zealand and the United States.[9]

On his return, he took up the position of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, serving as such until 1908.[10] He was First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King in 1911.[11] He retired in 1912.[12]

Personal

In 1889 Beaumont married Mary Eleanor Perkins (died 1907), daughter of Charles C. Perkins, of Boston, U.S.[13]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beaumont, Lewis Anthony . Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies . . 7 May 2019 . December 1860.
  2. 1891 England Census
  3. News: Australian Naval Station: The New Admiral . The Hobart Mercury . 25 January 1901 . Trove.
  4. https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/71bedd62-c77f-3733-8d3b-03ab25c8a1e0 Lewis Beaumont collection
  5. http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5996 World Ships Forum
  6. Book: Clowes, William Laird . The Royal Navy: A history from earliest times to the present . Sampson Low, Marston and Company . London . 1903 . VII . The Internet Archive.
  7. http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19020731.2.16.aspx The Straits Times, 31 July 1902, Page 4
  8. News: Admiral Beaumont's staff . The Sydney Morning Herald . 9 January 1901 . 7 . Trove.
  9. Naval & Military intelligence . 17 January 1903 . 9 . 36980.
  10. http://www.fleetorganization.com/1906rnadmirals.html Royal Navy Flag Officers, June 1, 1906
  11. News: Principle Aide-de-Camp, London . The Adelaide Advertiser . 11 . 8 February 1911 . Trove.
  12. News: Death of Admiral Beaumont . Evening Post . CIII . 144 . 21 June 1922 . 8 . Papers Past.
  13. News: Death of Lady Beaumont . . 12,631 . New South Wales, Australia . 3 December 1907 . 11 May 2024 . 6 . National Library of Australia.