Sir Edward Beauchamp, 1st Baronet JP (12 April 1849 – 1 February 1925) was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician.

Background

Beauchamp was educated at

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. He served as a midshipman in the Royal Navy. He was Chairman of Lloyd's of London from 1905 to 1913, and vice-chairman from 1915 to 1916. He was made a

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on 27 June 1911, of

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, in the

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Political career

Beauchamp was a

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for Norfolk. At the

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, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Lowestoft division of

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. He was defeated at the

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, but regained the seat at the December 1910 election. He was re-elected in

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as a Coalition Liberal, a holder the " coalition coupon" issued to supporters of the

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led by

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. He did not contest the 1922 election, when his son Brograve stood as a National Liberal candidate, but lost by a wide margin to the Conservative

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Electoral record

Family

Beauchamp was the second son of Reverend William Henry Beauchamp, who in turn was the second son of Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 3rd Baronet. He was married twice: # On 20 July 1875 to Frances Mary (''née'' Stephen), daughter of James Stephen. She died on 7 May 1886, having had two children with Edward Beauchamp: #* Esmé Frances Nevill Augusta Beauchamp (17 June 1876 - 2 January 1913) #* Arthur Sholto Beauchamp (28 February 1880 – 29 December 1880) # On 2 June 1890 to Betty Campbell (''née'' Woods), the daughter of Archibald Woods, an American. She died on 26 January 1946, having had two children with Edward Beauchamp: #* Edward Archibald Beauchamp (5 April 1891 – 22 December 1914), a Second Lieutenant serving in the Coldstream Guards, killed in the

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#* Brograve Campbell Beauchamp (5 May 1897 – 25 August 1976), who succeeded to the baronetcy and was Conservative MP for Walthamstow East from 1931 to 1945.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beauchamp, Edward 1849 births 1925 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1918–1922 Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

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People educated at Highgate School