William Spencer Beaumont was a British army officer and a member of the London County Council.
Beaumont was the grandson of John Thomas Barber Beaumont, who raised the Queen Victoria's Rifles in 1803 during the Napoleonic Wars.[1] His father was J. A. Beaumont of Surrey.[2] Beaumont served as a captain in the 14th King's Hussars cavalry regiment in the British Army.[3] In 1876 her married Honoria Cooper.[2][3] In 1889 he was an elected a member of the London County Council to represent Tower Hamlets, Stepney. In 1890 Beaumont petitioned Ecclesiastical Commissioners for a Church site.[4] Beaumont was the father of Dudley John Beaumont (1874–1918), who married Sibyl Collings, later 21st Seigneur of Sark.[3] His grandson was Francis William Lionel Beaumont (1903–1941) and his great-grandson is the 22nd Seigneur of Sark, John Michael Beaumont.
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- ↑ "QUEEN VICTORIA'S RIFLES". King's Royal Rifle Corps Association. http://www.krrcassociation.com/History/QVR.pdf. Retrieved June 3, 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Visitation of Ireland". Internet Archive. 1897. http://www.archive.org/stream/visitationofirel00howa/visitationofirel00howa_djvu.txt. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Casualty Details: D. J. Beaumont". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=402127. Retrieved June 3, 2009.
- ↑ 'SAINT FAITH, STEPNEY; SHANDY STREET, TOWER HAMLETS P93/FAI/12 31 July 1890 London Metropolitan Archives
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