Sir Henry Beaumont, 2nd Baronet (2 April 1638 – 27 January 1689) was an

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politician. He was the oldest son of

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 Leicest ...

and Elizabeth Trott, daughter of Sir Nicholas Trott, and was baptised at

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. Beaumont was educated at

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and succeeded his father as

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in 1676. He sat as a

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(MP) for

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between 1679 and 1689. On 2 April 1662, he married Elizabeth Farmer, daughter of George Farmer, at St Andrew's Church, Holborn. They had seven daughters and fourteen sons (six having died as infants). Beaumont was buried at

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and was succeeded in the

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successively by his sons Thomas,

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and Lewis.

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1638 births 1689 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Baronets in the Baronetage of England English MPs 1679 English MPs 1680–1681 English MPs 1681 English MPs 1685–1687 People from Stoughton, Leicestershire {{17thC-England-MP-stub