Thomas Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont of Swords (c. 1582 – 8 February 1625) was an English politician who sat in the

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between 1604 and 1611. He was raised to the peerage in 1622. Beaumont was the son of Sir Henry Beaumont of Cole Orton, Leicestershire and his wife Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of John Lewis of London. He was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge (c. 1596) and studied law at the

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in 1610. He was knighted at

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on 23 April 1603. In 1604, he was elected

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for Tamworth. He was a Justice of the Peace for Leicestershire by 1608 to 1616 and from 1618 to at least 1623 and was appointed

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for 1610–11. He was a member of the

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by 1612. He was created

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on 17 September 1619 and 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 ...

on 20 May 1622. George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage Volume 1'' 1900
/ref> Swords was a town in County Dublin, and now in County Fingal. Beaumont died as the result of his injuries in a duel. He had married in or before 1614 Elizabeth Sapcote, daughter of Henry Sapcote of Bracebridge, Lincolnshire and his wife Eleanor Sapcote of Huntingdonshire. They had 4 sons and 3 daughters. He was succeeded by his son Sapcote Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont of Swords.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beaumont, Thomas 1580s births 1625 deaths People from Coleorton Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge Members of the Inner Temple English MPs 1604–1611 High Sheriffs of Leicestershire Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland Peers of Ireland created by James I