Viscount Beaumont of Swords, in the County of Dublin, was a title in the

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. It was created on 20 May 1622 for

Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Baronet (died 11 August 1676) was an English politician. Biography Beaumont was the oldest son of Sir Henry Beaumont and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Turpin. Beaumont sat as a member of parliament (MP) for Leices ...

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for Leicestershire from 1604 to 1611 and

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in 1610. He had already been created a

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, of Cole Orton in the County of Leicester, in the Baronetage of England on 17 September 1619. George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage Volume 1'' 1900
/ref> The titles became extinct on the death of his grandson, the third Viscount in 1702. The first Viscount was the son of Sir Henry Beaumont, Member of Parliament for Leicestershire in 1589, son of Nicholas Beaumont, MP for Leicestershire in the reign of

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and a descendant of John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont (see

Baron Beaumont Baron Beaumont is an ancient title in the Peerage of England, created in 1309 for a younger branch of the French counts of ''de Brienne'' family. The sixth Baron Beaumont was created Viscount Beaumont (the first creation of this rank in England ...

for earlier history of the family). Colonel the Honourable John Beaumont, younger son of the second Viscount, was a politician and soldier involved in the Glorious Revolution.

Viscounts Beaumont of Swords (1622)

* Thomas Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont of Swords (died 1625) *Sapcote Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont of Swords (1614–1658) *Thomas Beaumont, 3rd Viscount Beaumont of Swords (1634–1702)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beaumont Of Swords Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland Noble titles created in 1622

Viscounts Beaumont of Swords (1622)

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