Michael Beaumont (politician)

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Michael Wentworth Beaumont TD, DL, JP (8 February 1903 – 19 December 1958)[1] was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.

Early life

Beaumont was born 8 February 1903 to Hubert George Beaumont and Elisa Mercedes Grace. He was the maternal grandson of Michael P. Grace and paternal grandson of the 1st Baron Allendale. He was educated in Eton College, Berkshire and Oundle School, Northamptonshire.

Military career

Michael Wentworth Beaumont
Born (1903-02-08)8 February 1903
Died 19 December 1958(1958-12-19) (aged 55)
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Army
Years of service - 1924
- 1940
Rank Major
Service number 23868
Awards Efficiency Decoration

Beaumont was further educated in the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Berkshire. He served in the Coldstream Guards but resigned his commission on 29 October 1924 as a Second Lieutenant,.[2] On 29 October 1926, he was promoted to Lieutenant while in the Coldstream Guards's reserve of officers.[3]

He serviced in the 90th Field Brigade, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry, Royal Artillery. He promoted to Major on 4 July 1939.[4] He relinquished his commission because of ill health on 13 January 1940.[5]

Beaumont was awarded The Efficiency Decoration on 19 August 1943. As a member of the Territorial Army, he was allowed to use the post-nominal letters 'TD'.[6]

Political career

From 1927 to 1947, he was Justice of Peace for Buckinghamshire. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Aylesbury at the 1929 general election,[7][8] and held the seat in the 1935 general election[9] until he resigned from the House of Commons on 2 May 1938.[10] In 1931 and 1932, Beaumont was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education. He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire in 1938.[11]

Private life

Beaumont married twice, firstly to Faith Pease, daughter of the 1st Baron Gainford on 29 February 1924 and secondly to Doreen Christian Davis-Goff, daughter of Sir Herbert Davis-Goff, 2nd Baronet on 30 December 1935. He had one son, Timothy Beaumont, by his first wife.

He was Master of Foxhounds of Bicester and Warden Hill between 1945 and 1947, and of Kildare between 1953 and 1959.

References

  1. ↑ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "A" (part 3)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons Pages. Retrieved 3 January 2010. 
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32986. p. 7746. 28 October 1924. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33411. p. 5367. 10 July 1928. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34660. p. 5925. 29 August 1939. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34770. p. 220. 9 January 1940. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 36138. p. 3725. 17 August 1943. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33508. pp. 4106–4107. 21 June 1929. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
  8. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 295. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34223. pp. 7495–7496. 26 November 1935. Retrieved 2012-04-11.
  10. ↑ Department of Information Services (9 June 2009). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 30 November 2009. 
  11. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34482. p. 973. 15 February 1938. Retrieved 2012-04-11.

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Preceded by
Sir Alan Hughes Burgoyne		 Member of Parliament for Aylesbury
1929–1938 		Succeeded by
Stanley Reed
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