Baron Beaumont is an ancient title in the

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, 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) in 1432; after the death of his son the 2nd Viscount both titles fell into

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. In 1840 the abeyance of the barony was terminated in favour of Miles Thomas Stapleton who was called to the peerage as the 8th Baron Beaumont. His paternal great-great-grandfather Nicholas Errington (d.1716), of Pont-Eland, Northumberland, had adopted the surname and arms of Stapleton having inherited the manor of Carlton from his childless uncle

Miles Stapleton, 1st Baronet The Stapleton baronetcy, of Carlton, Yorkshire, was created on 20 March 1661/2 Old Style for Miles Stapleton (1626–1707), the son of Gilbert Stapleton of Carlton. Background Miles Stapleton or Stapylton was the nephew of the writer Robert St ...

.Lodge, Edmund, ''The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage'', 8th ed., 184

/ref> The 8th Baron was succeeded by his sons Henry and Miles, the 9th and 10th Barons respectively. The barony was briefly in abeyance again following the death of the 10th Baron and was called out in favour of his daughter, Mona, in 1896. The 11th Baroness Beaumont married

Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop Bernard Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop, (10 May 1885 – 24 August 1972) was a British peer. Fitzalan-Howard was the eldest son of Francis Fitzalan-Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Glossop and Clara Louisa (Greenwood), and ...

in 1914. Their eldest son

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succeeded his mother as 12th Baron Beaumont in 1971, his father as 4th Baron Howard of Glossop in 1972 and, in 1975, his

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Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk (30 May 1908 – 31 January 1975), styled Earl of Arundel and Surrey until 1917, was a British peer and politician. He was the eldest surviving son of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of ...

as 17th Duke of Norfolk. The Beaumont Barony is currently (as of 2014) held by the 18th Duke of Norfolk. The Beaumont title descends to "heirs of the body", while the Dukedom of Norfolk descends to "heirs male". The titles may therefore eventually separate. The Stapleton family's seat was

Carlton Towers Carlton Towers in the civil parish of Carlton, south-east of Selby, North Yorkshire, England, is a Grade I listed country house, in the Gothic Revival style, and is surrounded by a 250-acre park. The house was re-built to its present form ...

(built upon their ancient manor of Carlton) which in 1971 was inherited by the 17th Duke of Norfolk from his mother Mona Stapleton, 11th Baroness Beaumont.

Barons Beaumont (1309)

* Henry de Beaumont, 1st Baron Beaumont, 4th Earl of Buchan (bef. 1305–1340) *John Beaumont, 2nd Baron Beaumont (aft. 1317–1342) *Henry Beaumont, 3rd Baron Beaumont (d. 1369), married Margaret de Vere *

John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont (1361–1396) was an English military commander and Admiral who served in the Hundred Years' War against the partisans of Antipope Clement VII. Origins John Beaumont was born in 1361 at Folkingham Castle, ...

(1360 / 1361–1396) *Henry Beaumont, 5th Baron Beaumont (1379 / 1380–1413) * John Beaumont, 6th Baron Beaumont (c.1409–1460) (created Viscount Beaumont in 1440)

Viscounts Beaumont (1440)

* John Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont, 6th Baron Beaumont (''c''.1409–1460) *

William Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont William Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont (April 1438 – 19 December 1507) was an English nobleman, soldier and landowner who was a leading supporter of the Lancastrian faction during the Wars of the Roses. He was the son of John Beaumont, 1st V ...

, 7th Baron Beaumont (bef. 1441–1507) (viscountcy extinct, barony abeyant)

Barons Beaumont (1309; Reverted 1840)

*Miles Thomas Stapleton, 8th Baron Beaumont (1805–1854) (abeyance terminated in 1840) *Henry Stapleton, 9th Baron Beaumont (1848–1892) *Miles Stapleton, 10th Baron Beaumont (1850–1895) (fell into abeyance on his death) * Mona Josephine Tempest Stapleton, 11th Baroness Beaumont (1894–1971) (abeyance terminated in 1896) * Miles Francis Stapleton Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk, 12th Baron Beaumont (1915–2002) * Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk, 13th Baron Beaumont (b. 1956), eldest son of the 12th Baron The

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is the present holder's eldest son, Henry Miles Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel (b. 1987)

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Barons Beaumont (1309)

Viscounts Beaumont (1440)

Barons Beaumont (1309; Reverted 1840)

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