Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale

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Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale, PC, JP, DL (2 December 186012 December 1923) was a British politician and peer.

Allendale was born at Bywell Hall, Northumberland, the son of the 1st Baron Allendale and was baptised in London. He attended Eton and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge with an MA in 1888. On 12 November 1889, he married Lady Alexandrina Vane-Tempest, a daughter of the 5th Marquess of Londonderry and they had six children:

Allendale was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hexham from 1895 to 1907 and succeeded to his father's title of Baron Allendale on the latter's death in 1907. On 2 July 1911 he was created Viscount Allendale and from that year to 1916 he was a Lord in Waiting in Asquith's ministry. Allendale died in 1923, aged 63 in London and was buried in the grounds of Bretton Hall, near Wakefield.

Political offices
Preceded by
Hon. Frederick Glyn
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1905–1907
Succeeded by
Sir John Fuller
Preceded by
The Earl Waldegrave
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
1908–1911
Succeeded by
The Earl of Craven
Preceded by
The Lord Hamilton of Dalzell
Lord-in-Waiting
1911–1916
Succeeded by
The Lord Kenyon
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Miles MacInnes
Members of Parliament for Hexham
1895–1907
Succeeded by
Richard Durning Holt
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
New creation
Viscount Allendale
1907–1923
Succeeded by
Wentworth Beaumont
Preceded by
Wentworth Beaumont
Baron Allendale
1911–1923
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