Sir George Beaumont, 4th Baronet (c. 1664 – 9 April 1737) was a British

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 politician.

He was a younger son of Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Baronet was an English politician.He was the oldest son of Sir Henry Beaumont and Elizabeth Turpin, daughter of Sir William Turpin. Beaumont sat as a Member of Parliament for Leicestershire between 1654 and 1659 and was High Sheriff of Leicestershire between 1668 and 1669...

 and his wife Elizabeth Farmer, daughter of George Farmer. Beaumont was educated at New College, Oxford

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 and graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Law

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 in 1690. In the same year he succeeded his older brother Thomas as baronet

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. In 1713, he was awarded the degree of a Doctor of Civil Law

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 by the University of Oxford

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.

In 1702, Beaumont stood successfully as a Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Leicester

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. He sat in both the Parliaments of England

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 and Great Britain

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 until his death in 1737. In 1712, Beaumont was appointed a Commissioner of the Privy Seal, and in 1714 a Lord of the Admiralty, a post held only for six months.

Beaumont was unmarried and childless. He was buried at Stoughton, Leicestershire

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 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother Lewis.