Obituary

1848, December 20th

Died, at Bournemouth, Hants, aged 56, Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, esq., of Bywell Hall, Northumberland, and Bretton Park, Yorkshire. Mr. Beaumont, from the extent of his landed property, and the value of his mineral possessions, was one of the richest commoners in England. He represented the county of Northumberland for several years, and was engaged in more than one electioneering contest. Mr. Beaumont was a tory, and a member of the Pitt Club in early life, but from 1820 he was generally considered an "Advanced Liberal," and his munificent generosity of disposition, and frankness of manner, secured him the attachment of a very numerous body of friends. He was one of the chief originators of the "Westminster Review," to which it was understood he contributed a number of papers. Mr. Beaumont was succeeded by his eldest son Mr. Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, who was, at his father’s death, approaching his majority.

Source: Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by T. Fordyce, Published in 1867