Sir George Beaumont, 4th Baronet (c. 1664 – 9 April 1737[1]) was a British politician.
He was a younger son of Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Farmer, daughter of George Farmer.[2] Beaumont was educated at New College, Oxford and graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Law in 1690.[2] In the same year he succeeded his older brother Thomas as baronet.[3] In 1713, he was awarded the degree of a Doctor of Civil Law by the University of Oxford.[2]
In 1702, Beaumont stood successfully as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester.[4] He sat in both the Parliaments of England and Great Britain until his death in 1737.[4] In 1712, Beaumont was appointed a Commissioner of the Privy Seal,[5] and in 1714 a Lord of the Admiralty, a post held only for six months.[6]
Beaumont was unmarried and childless.[7] He was buried at Stoughton, Leicestershire and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother Lewis.[7]
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- ↑ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB2.htm. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "ThePeerage - Sir George Beaumont, 4th Bt". http://thepeerage.com/p12043.htm#i120429. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
- ↑ Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. vol. I (fifth ed.). London: G. Woodfall. pp. 281.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Leicester". http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Lcommons2.htm. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- ↑ Haydn, Joseph (1851). The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman's. pp. 159.
- ↑ Collins, Arthur (1741). The English Baronetage: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets, Now Existing. vol. III. London: Thomas Wotton. pp. 242.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 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. 165–166.
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