Edward Armes Beaumont (15 December 1842 – 17 July 1913) was a vocalist active in Australia. Beaumont was born in St Faith's,

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, England. He and his family moved to

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

in 1848 and later he sang in the choir at the Wesleyan Chapel in Brunswick St. In 1870, he joined William Lyster's opera company and increased his concert singing, notably with the

Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Royal Melbourne Philharmonic (RMP) is a 120-voice choir and orchestra in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1853, and is reportedly Australia's oldest surviving cultural organisation. The Royal Melbourne Philharmonic is Austra ...

Society. He died at his home in

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on 17 July 1913.

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1842 births 1913 deaths Singers from Melbourne English emigrants to Australia 19th-century Australian male singers {{Australia-singer-stub