William Spencer Beaumont
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William Spencer Beaumont was a British army
officer and a member of the London County Council
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Beaumont was the grandson of John Thomas Barber Beaumont
, who raised the Queen Victoria's Rifles in 1803 during the Napoleonic Wars
. His father was J. A. Beaumont of Surrey
. Beaumont served as a captain in the 14th King's Hussars
cavalry regiment
in the British Army
. In 1876 her married Honoria Cooper. In 1889 he was an elected a member of the London County Council
to represent Tower Hamlets
. In 1890 Beaumont petitioned Ecclesiastical Commissioners for a Church site.
Beaumont was the father of Dudley John Beaumont
(1874–1918), who married Dame Sibyl Mary Collings Beaumont Hathaway, the 21st Seigneur of Sark. 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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British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
officer and a member of the London County Council
London County Council
London County Council was the principal local government body for the County of London, throughout its 1889–1965 existence, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today known as Inner London and was replaced by the Greater London Council...
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Beaumont was the grandson of John Thomas Barber Beaumont
John Thomas Barber Beaumont
John Thomas Barber Beaumont was a British army officer, painter, author, and philanthropist...
, who raised the Queen Victoria's Rifles in 1803 during the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
. His father was J. A. Beaumont of Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
. Beaumont served as a captain in the 14th King's Hussars
14th King's Hussars
The 14th King's Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1715. It saw service for two centuries, before being amalgamated into the 14th/20th Hussars in 1922....
cavalry regiment
Cavalry regiments of the British Army
There are currently nine regular cavalry regiments of the British Army, with two tank regiments provided by the Royal Tank Regiment, traditionally classed alongside the cavalry, for a total of eleven regiments. Of these, five serve as armoured regiments, and five as formation reconnaissance...
in the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
. In 1876 her married Honoria Cooper. In 1889 he was an elected a member of the London County Council
London County Council
London County Council was the principal local government body for the County of London, throughout its 1889–1965 existence, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today known as Inner London and was replaced by the Greater London Council...
to represent Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets (UK Parliament constituency)
Tower Hamlets was a parliamentary borough constituency in, Middlesex, England from 1832 to 1885. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...
. In 1890 Beaumont petitioned Ecclesiastical Commissioners for a Church site.
Beaumont was the father of Dudley John Beaumont
Dudley John Beaumont
Dudley John Beaumont was a British army officer and a member of the ruling family of Sark. He was the first husband of Dame Sibyl Mary Collings Beaumont Hathaway, later 21st Seigneur of Sark, and grandfather of the 22nd Seigneur of Sark, John Michael Beaumont.-Life:Beaumont was the son of William...
(1874–1918), who married Dame Sibyl Mary Collings Beaumont Hathaway, the 21st Seigneur of Sark. His grandson was Francis William Lionel Beaumont (1903–1941) and his great grandson is the 22nd Seigneur of Sark, John Michael Beaumont
John Michael Beaumont
John Michael Beaumont, OBE is the 22nd Seigneur of Sark. A retired engineer, he is a son of Francis William Lionel Collings Beaumont and Enid . He succeeded his grandmother, Sibyl Hathaway, as the ruler of Sark upon her death in 1974.- References :...
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