Sir Henry Beaumont (c.1545 – 31 March 1607) was an English landowner and

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. He was the son of Nicholas Beaumont of

Coleorton Hall Coleorton Hall is a 19th-century country mansion, formerly the seat of the Beaumont baronets of Stoughton Grange. Situated at Coleorton, Leicestershire, it is a Grade II* listed building now converted into residential apartments. The manor of Co ...

, Leicestershire and educated at St John’s College, Cambridge (1560) and

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(1566). He succeeded his father in 1585 and was knighted in 1603. He was a

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for Leicestershire from 1584 and was appointed

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for 1594-5. He was made

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for the county from c.1605 until his death in 1607. He was elected MP for

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in 1588 (which convened in 1589) and again in a by-election in 1606. He married Elizabeth, the daughter of mercer John Loveys of London and heiress to her brother Humphrey. They had one son,

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, who was MP for Tamworth from 1604 to 1614 and was created

Viscount Beaumont of Swords Viscount Beaumont of Swords, in the County of Dublin, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 20 May 1622 for Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament for Leicestershire from 1604 to 1611 and High Sheriff of Leiceste ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beaumont, Henry 1540s births 1607 deaths People from Coleorton Members of the Parliament of England for Leicestershire Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Members of Lincoln's Inn High Sheriffs of Leicestershire English MPs 1589 English MPs 1604–1611 17th-century English landowners 16th-century English landowners