Sir Richard Beaumont, 1st Baronet explained

Sir Richard Beaumont, 1st Baronet JP (2 August 1574  - 28 October 1631)^[1] was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625.

Beaumont was a son of Edward Beaumont and Elizabeth Ramsden, daughter of John Ramsden. He was knighted by James I of England in 1609. In 1613, he commanded two hundred train-band soldiers per commission.^[2] Two years later he was a justice of the peace of the County of York. In 1625 Beaumont was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontefract in the Useless Parliament. On 15 August 1628 Charles I created him a baronet, of Whitley, in the County of York.^[1]

He built the stately home, Whitley Beaumont near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.^[3]

Beaumont died unmarried and with his death the baronetcy became extinct.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leigh Rayment – Baronetage . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501224753/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB2.htm . 1 May 2008 . usurped . 27 March 2009 .
2. Book: Burke, John . John Bernhard Burke . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland . Scott, Webster, and Geary . London . 2nd . 1841 . 49 .
3. Web site: Law. Edward. HUDDERSFIELD & DISTRICT HISTORY CONNECTIONS WITH TITLED CLASSES IN MODERN TIMES.
4. Web site: ThePeerage – Sir Richard Beaumont, 1st and last Bt . 14 February 2009 .