Beauchamp

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Beauchamp is a proper name derived from the French in which it means "beautiful field". It has since been given an Anglicised pronunciation of /ˈbiʧəm/. The native French pronunciation is /boʃɑ̃/.

Beauchamp as a surname may refer to:

• Alphonse de Beauchamp, French historian
• Anne de Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (d. 1449)
• Bianca Beauchamp, Canadian fetish model
• Christine Beauchamp, case study patient
• George Beauchamp, American inventor of musical instruments and co-founder of Rickenbacker
• Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick (d. 1315)
• Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick (1425-1445)
• Jereboam O. Beauchamp, American lawyer and murderer
• John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp de Warwick
• John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp de Somerset
• John Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp of Powick
• Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, the real name of actress Katherine Mansfield
• Line Beauchamp, Canadian politician, Quebec provincial cabinet minister
• Noah Beauchamp, American blacksmith and murderer
• Pierre Beauchamp, French baroque choreographer, dancer and composer
• Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (1382-1439)
• Richard Beauchamp, 2nd Baron Beauchamp of Powick
• Scott Thomas Beauchamp, American soldier, see Scott Thomas Beauchamp controversy
• Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick (d. 1369)
• Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick (c. 1339-1401)
• William Martin Beauchamp (born 1830), American ethnologist and clergyman

Beauchamp can refer to several English nobles:

• Family name of the Earls and Duke of Warwick, first creation (1268-1492)
• Family name of the Baron Beauchamp de Warwick
• Family name of the Barons Beauchamp of Powick, first creation
• Family name of the Barons Bergavenny, second creation (1392-1447), and Earl of Worcester, third creation (1420-1422)
• Family name of the Barons Beauchamp de Somerset
• Family name of the Barons Beauchamp of Bletso
• Family name of the Barons Beauchamp of St. Amand
• Family name of the Barons Beauchamp of Kidderminster
• Family name of the Barons of Beford, of the first creation
• The Earls Beauchamp, a title held by the Lygon family
• Viscount Beauchamp, a subsidiary title of the Marquess of Hertford, second creation
• Viscount Beauchamp of Hache, a subsidiary title of the Duke of Somerset, first creation

Beauchamp can also refer to:

• Beauchamp Baronets
• Sir Beauchamp Seymour, a British admiral
• James Beauchamp Clark, a prominent American politician
• Drayton Beauchamp, a village in Buckinghamshire
• Compton Beauchamp, a village in Oxfordshire
• Naunton Beauchamp, a village in Worcestershire
• Montigny - Beauchamp (SNCF), a station on the Paris Metro
• Beauchamp, Val-d'Oise, in the Val-d'Oise département
• Beauchamp College, a further education community college in Oadby, United Kingdom
• Beauchamp Bagenal, an Irish rake from Bagenalstown, County Carlow

[edit] See also

• Beauchamps, a disambiguation page