Admiral Sir Lewis Anthony Beaumont, (19 May 1847 – 20 June 1922) was a

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officer who served as

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Naval career

Beaumont joined the

as a boy in 1860 and was engaged in operations in

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by 1875. Between 1875 and 1876 he took part as senior lieutenant in the

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led by

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on HMS Discovery (1874), HMS Discovery, an attempt to reach the North Pole and to explore the NW coast of Greenland. Beaumont led a dogsled party that reached Sherard Osborn Fjord in May 1876 and left a cairn at Repulse Harbour. He was given command of HMS Excellent (shore establishment), HMS ''Excellent'' in 1893, before becoming Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom), Director of Naval Intelligence in 1895. He went on to be Pacific Station, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1899 and Australia Station, Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station in 1900. During his time in Australia, he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) on the occasion of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later George V, King George V and Mary of Teck, Queen Mary). He was promoted to Vice admiral (Royal Navy), vice-admiral on 9 September 1902, and appointed

later the same year, serving as such until 1908. He was List of First and Principal Naval Aides-de-Camp, First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King in 1911. He retired in 1912.Death of Admiral Beaumont
Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 144, 21 June 1922, Page 8

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