Armes Beaumont Explained

Armes Beaumont
Birth Name:	Edward Armes Beaumont
Birth Date:	15 December 1842
Birth Place:	St Faith's, Norfolk, England
Death Place:	North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genre:	Vocalist

Edward Armes Beaumont (15 December 1842  - 17 July 1913) was a vocalist active in Australia.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Beaumont was born in St Faith's, Norfolk, England. He and his family moved to Melbourne in 1848 and later he sang in the choir at the Wesleyan Chapel in Brunswick St.

In 1870, he joined William Lyster's opera company and increased his concert singing, notably with the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Society.

He died at his home in North Melbourne on 17 July 1913.^[5]

Notes and References

1. http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/beaumont-edward-armes-2960 Obituary - Edward Armes Beaumont
2. News: Singer of Bygone Years. Death of Mr. Armes Beaumont. Fine Career Closed. . . 20,899 . Victoria, Australia . 18 July 1913 . 27 December 2018 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: Australia's Sims Reeves. Edward Armes Beaumont . . 193 . Victoria, Australia . 1 March 1889 . 27 December 2018 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
4. Kenneth Hince, "Beaumont, Edward Armes (1842–1913)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 3, MUP, 1969, pp. 126–127
5. News: Armes Beaumont . . Melbourne . 10 . 1913-07-18 . 2020-04-18 . Newspapers.com.