Henry Beaumont 1717-1743

Henry BEAUMONT 1717-1743

Beaumont's bookplate (British Museum Franks Collection 1961)

Biographical Note

Son of Richard Beaumont of Whitley Beaumont, near Huddersfield. He inherited the estate from his father in 1723 and when he died unmarried 20 years later it passed to his younger brother Richard.

Books

Beaumont used an engraved armorial bookplate, "Henry Beaumont, of Whitley Hall, Yorkshire" (Franks 1961); the extent and disposition of his library is not known.

Sources

• Landed families of Britain and Ireland.
• Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903-4.