Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont KG CB (1890 - 1956)

Born 6 Aug 1890 in London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Violet Lucy Emily (Seely) Beaumont — married 20 Jul 1921 in St Martin-in-the-Fields - Trafalgar Square, London, England

Died 16 Dec 1956 at age 66 in Bywell Hall. Stocksfleld-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England

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Biography

Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont (1890 -1956) was the son of Wentworth Canning Blackett "1st Viscount Allendale" and Lady Alexandrina Louisa Maud Vane-Tempest-Stewart.

He was educated at Eton College ^[1]

He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, EnglandG, in 1912 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

He fought in the First World War, serving with the Guards Machine Gun Regiment when he was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). He was commissioned into the Life Guards and was promoted to the rank of Captain.^[1]

He married Violet Lucy Emily Seely, daughter of Sir Charles Hilton Seely, 2nd Bt. and Hilda Lucy Grant, on 20 July 1921 at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London, England.

He died aged 66 on the 16th of December 1956 in Bywell Hall. Stocksfleld-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} [[1]]List of Etonians who fought in the great war, 1914-1919, pub 1921, p18

Lodge's PEERAGE (1908), p. 156

The Peerage.com (M, #12083)

Wikipedia entry for Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale

Marriage Record - "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZK-9FDV : 9 October 2014), Wentworth H C Beaumont and null, 1921; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1921, quarter 3, vol. 1A, p. 1372, St. Martin, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

Death record - "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCD-158J : 4 September 2014), Wentworth H C Beaumont, 1956; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Northumberland West, Northumberland, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards

First name(s) Hon Wentworth Henry Canning

Last name Beaumont

Year 1919

London Gazette reference 1st award LG:31370/3 Jun 1919

Rank Army Major

Regiment 2nd Life Guards

Medal type Military Cross, 1914-1918 (M.C.)

Remarks MC att 2nd Bn Guards Machine Gun Regt. Son of 1st Viscount Allendale. Succeeded as 2nd Viscount 12 Dec 1923. Died 15 Dec 1956.

Census

1891 census of England, Wales & Scotland
Hamilton Place, St George Hanover Square, London & Middlesex, England

NB: There were thirteen domestic servants in this household.
1939 Register of England, Wales
Bretton Park , Wakefield R.D., West Riding ofYorkshire , England