Name John Beaumont Role Politician | Died November 1992 | |
John Ralph Beaumont DL, JP (22 April 1927 – November 1992) was a Rhodesian politician. He was the son of Ralph Edward Blackett Beaumont, son of Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale, and his wife Helena Mary Christine Wray, daughter of Cecil Wray.
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Education
He was educated at Eton College and then Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1952.
Career
In the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland election, 1962, Beaumont was elected for Mrewa, sitting for the constituency until the federation's dissolution in the following year. He became a Justice of the Peace of Powys in 1976 and represented the county as Deputy Lieutenant from 1983.
Family
On 26 June 1951, he married Audrey Lilian Christine Hickling, daughter of Edward Thomas Hickling, and had by her six children, five sons and one daughter.
Death
Beaumont died, aged 65 in Wales.