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BEAUMONT, GEORGE, second son of Rev. Thomas George Beaumont, Rector of Chelmondiston, Suffolk [and/or Butterleigh, Devon], and Thomazine, dau. of Rev. John Bradshaw, Incumbent of Lambeg, co. Antrim, and Prebendary of Down; b. 30 Jun 1862; adm. (G) 22 Sep 1876; left Aug 1880; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1880, matr. Mich. 1880; Lieut., 1st West Indian Regt., 11 Mar 1885; Liverpool Regt., 8 May 1889; Capt., 1 Mar 1893; retd. 23 Jul 1902; served South African War 1899-1902; Adjt. -Gen., Maritzburg Depot, afterwards Commandant, Nooitgedacht; despatches LG 29 Jan 1902; Capt., TF Reserve, 3 Nov 1914; m. 1893 Cecilia, dau. of R. Roberts; d. 18 Nov 1925.

BEAUMONT, HENRY, son of Richard Beaumont, Whitley Beaumont, Kirkheaton, Yorks., and Susanna, dau. of Thomas Horton, Barkisland, Yorks.; bapt. 16 Jan 1716/7; adm. (aged 13) Nov 1731; he and his brother Richard boarded with Rev. John Hutton (BL, Add. MS. 41169, f. 11 r. ); left 1736; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Mar 1736/7; of Whitley Beaumont, Yorks.; d. unm. 14 Oct 1743.

BEAUMONT, JOHN, son of Gilbert Beaumont, Whatfield, Suffolk; b.; adm.; QS in 1566; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1568, adm. scholar 1570; BA 1572/3; MA 1576 (incorp. Oxford 11 Jul 1581); BD 1583; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1575-81; see Camdeni Epistola, 1691, 343-4, for a letter written by Beaumont to Camden, dated 29 Apr 1578; ordained; Rector of Whatfield, Suffolk, from 1581; Rector of Aldham, Suffolk, 1583-95; preached at Norwich at the burning of Peter Cole, a tanner of Ipswich, for blasphemy, 1587; Rector of Hadleigh, Suffolk, from 1592; buried at Hadleigh 27 Apr 1599.

BEAUMONT, RICHARD, brother of Henry Beaumont (qv); b. 24 Jan 1719/20; adm. (aged 11) Nov 1731; left 1737; Univ. Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Jun 1738; succeeded brother at Whitley Beaumont; m. 1st, Judith, sister of Walter Hawksworth (qv); m. 2nd, 1747, Elizabeth, dau. of William Holt, Grizlehurst, Lancs.; d. 10 Sep 1764.

BEAUMONT, ROBERT, of Leicestershire; b.; at school under Adams (DNB); Peterhouse, Cambridge; BA 1543/4; MA 1550; BD 1560; DD 1564; Fellow of Peterhouse 1550; adm. Gray’s Inn 1541; resided at Zurich during reign of Queen Mary; Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, Cambridge, 1559-61; ordained priest (Ely) 7 Jul 1560; Archdeacon of Huntingdon from 11 Oct 1560; Master of Trinity Coll. Cambridge from 25 Aug 1561; Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge Univ., 1564-5, 1566-7; collated to a Canonry of Ely 15 Nov 1564; a prominent figure in the Calvinistic movement at Cambridge against Parker’s ordinances; d. 6 Jun 1567. DNB.

Beaven, Coningsby Raywood, second son of the Rev. Alfred Beaven Beaven, Head Master of Preston Grammar School, by Margaret Rachel, daughter of William Blott, of Hartford, Hunts; b. Jan. 4, 1877; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 25, 1890; left (with Triplett) July 1895; Magd. Coll. Oxon., demy 1895, matric. Oct. 1895; 1st class Mathematics (Mods.) 1897; 2nd class Mathematics 1899; B.A. 1899; M.A. 1904; mathematical master at Warwick School 1902-6; at Campbell Coll. Belfast 1906-39 and 1941-46; d. Dec. 10, 1962.

BEAVOIRE (or BEAUVOIR), PETER; b.; adm.; KS in 1619; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 May 1621 (as Beauvoir), matr. Mich. 1621, scholar 1624; BA 1624/5; MA 1628; Master of Stoke-by-Clare Sch., Suffolk, c. 1639.

BECHER, JOHN THOMAS, eldest son of Michael Becher, Cork, Ireland, and Catherine French; bapt. 23 Dec 1769; adm. 13 Jan 1783; KS 1784; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1788, matr. 22 May 1788, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1788 - 23 Oct 1802 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Rampton and Midsomer Norton); BA 1792; MA 1795; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Apr 1788; ordained deacon 15 Jul 1792 (York), priest 1794 (Carlisle, lit. dim. from York); Perpetual Curate of Thurgarton and Hoveringham, Notts., from 13 Dec 1799; Vicar of Rampton, Notts., and Midsomer Norton, Somerset, 11 Mar 1802 (but year of grace from 3 Nov 1801); Prebendary and Vicar-General of Southwell, Notts., from 22 Jan 1818; Vicar of Farnsfield, Notts., 1827 (still 1829); Rector of Barnborough, Yorks., from 1830; Chairman of Quarter Sessions, North Notts., 1806-36; devoted himself to local administration and took a great interest in the social condition of the people; author, The Anti-Pauper System, 1830, and other works on social economy; m. 6 Jan 1802 Mary, dau. of Rev. William Becher, Rector of Cole Orton, Leics., and Prebendary of Southwell; d. 3 Jan 1848. DNB.