de Beaumont-Spain baronets

The de Beaumont-Spain Baronetcy, of Willingale in the County of Essex, England, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1723 for Henry de Beaumont,[1] with remainder, failing heirs male of his own, to the heirs male of his father.

Arms of Lord Willingale and the de Beaumont-Spain baronets

History

Henry de Beaumont was the nephew of the famous naval captain Basil Beaumont, youngest son of Henry Beaumont, 2nd Baronet of Stoughton Grange. He was succeeded by his brother, the second Baronet. The third Baronet took on the surname de Beaumont-Spain in reference to his early ancestors who lived at Spains Hall and also to his own family seat at Spains Hall in Willingale. The surname has been used in the different forms of de Beaumont, Beaumont, de Beaumont-Spain, and Spain throughout the history of the baronetcy [2].

The sixth Baronet was a man of letters and polymath who studied at Brasenose College, Oxford. The de Beaumont-Spain family do not use their seat in Willingale as their permanent home after the ninth Baronet pursued a career in local politics further north during the 20th century, using Spains Hall as a getaway. As of 2017, the baronetcy is held by the eleventh baronet, who succeeded in 2013.

de Beaumont-Spain Baronets of Willingale (1723)

• Sir Henry de Beaumont, 1st Baronet (1689-1737)
• Sir Thomas Hubert de Beaumont, 2nd Baronet (1692–1745)
• Sir Henry Salisbury Alexander de Beaumont-Spain, 3rd Baronet (1727-1768)
• Sir Francis Henry Horatio de Beaumont-Spain, 4th Baronet (1755-1801)
• Sir Horatio Alexander de Beaumont-Spain, 5th Baronet (1780–1833)
• Sir Henry Garret Frederick de Beaumont, 6th Baronet (1806–1878)
• Sir Harold Salisbury Tertius de Beaumont, 7th Baronet (1832-1903)
• Sir Horatio Henry Alexander de Beaumont-Spain, 8th Baronet (1860-1938)
• Sir Henry Brooker George Spain, 9th Baronet (1894-1944)
• Sir Harold Clifton Hubert de Beaumont-Spain, 10th Baronet (1930-2013)
• Sir John Francis de Beaumont, 11th Baronet (b.1965)

The heir presumptive to the Baronetcy is the eldest nephew of the issueless 11th Baronet who holds the subsidiary title Lord Willingale.

Notes

1. John Burke (1846). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland: A to L. Henry Colburn. pp. 75–.
2. John Bernard Burke (1845). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. H. Colburn. pp. 902–.

References

• Kidd, Charles and Williamson, David (eds.) (1990), Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, New York: St Martin's Press
• Burke, J. (1845), A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, London: Henry Colburn