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Sir Richard Beaumont, 1st Baronet JP (2 August 1574 – 28 October 1631) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625.

Beaumont was a son of Edward Beaumont and Elizabeth Ramsden, daughter of John Ramsden. He was knighted by James I of England in 1609. In 1613, he commanded two hundred train-band soldiers per commission. Two years later he was a justice of the peace of the County of York. In 1625 Beaumont was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontefract in the Useless Parliament. On 15 August 1628 Charles I created him a baronet, of Whitley, in the County of York.

He built the stately home, Whitley Beaumont near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

Beaumont died unmarried and with his death the baronetcy became extinct.

References

1. ^ "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
2. ^ Burke, John (1841). John Bernhard Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: Scott, Webster, and Geary. p. 49.
3. ^ "ThePeerage – Sir Richard Beaumont, 1st and last Bt". Retrieved 14 February 2009.
4. Law, Edward. "HUDDERSFIELD & DISTRICT HISTORY CONNECTIONS WITH TITLED CLASSES IN MODERN TIMES".

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