Michael Beaumont (politician)

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

Major Michael Wentworth Beaumont TD DL JP
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

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

Beaumont was further educated for a career in the army at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in Berkshire. He served in the Coldstream Guards as a second lieutenant, but resigned his commission on 29 October 1924.[2] On 29 October 1926, he was promoted to Lieutenant while in the Coldstream Guards reserve of officers.[3]

He served in the 90th Field Brigade, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry, Royal Artillery, a part-time unit, and was 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 holder of the Territorial Decoration, he could 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.

In 1928 he purchased Dorton House, Buckinghamshire from the Aubrey Fletcher estate and remained its owner until 1939 when it was sold to the Royal London School for the Blind.

He was Master of Foxhounds of Bicester and Warden Hill Hunt 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. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
2. "No. 32986". The London Gazette. 28 October 1924. p. 7746.
3. "No. 33411". The London Gazette. 10 July 1928. p. 5367.
4. "No. 34660". The London Gazette. 29 August 1939. p. 5925.
5. "No. 34770". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 January 1940. p. 220.
6. "No. 36138". The London Gazette. 17 August 1943. p. 3725.
7. "No. 33508". The London Gazette. 21 June 1929. pp. 4106–4107.
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. "No. 34223". The London Gazette. 26 November 1935. pp. 7495–7496.
10. Department of Information Services (9 June 2009). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
11. "No. 34482". The London Gazette. 15 February 1938. p. 973.

• "thePeerage". Retrieved 21 December 2006.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Michael Beaumont

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