Ralph Beaumont

Ralph Edward Blackett Beaumont CBE, TD, DL, JP (12 February 1901 – 18 September 1977), styled The Honourable from 1907, was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician. Background and education Born at Belgrave Square in London, he was the second son of Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale and his wife Lady Alexandrina Louise Maud Vane-Tempest, daughter of George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry. His older brother was Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale. Beaumont was educated in Eton College and went then to Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1923 and with a Master of Arts in 1953. Military career He joined the British Army and was promoted to a second lieutenant of the Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1931. Beaumont became lieutenant in 1934 and captain with the begin of the Second World War in 1939. He was finally advanced to lieutenant-colonel in 1947. Beaumont received the Territorial Decoration in 1948 and an additional clasp two years later. Having reached the age limit in 1956, he left the Army.