Thomas Richard Beaumont


Colonel Thomas Richard Beaumont of Bretton Hall, Wakefield, Yorkshire, was a British Tory politician and soldier.

Origins

He was the son of Thomas Beaumont of The Oaks, Darton, Yorkshire, by his wife Anne Ayscough, daughter of Edward Ayscough.

Career

In 1794 Beaumont raised the 21st Light Dragoons and served as the regiment's colonel until 1802. He entered the British House of Commons in 1795 and sat for Northumberland first in the Parliament of Great Britain, then in Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1818.

Marriage and children

Beaumont married Diana Wentworth, daughter of Sir Thomas Wentworth, 5th Baronet, by whom he had three daughters and five sons, including:
Beaumont died at his seat Bretton Hall in Yorkshire.