Hon Richard Blackett Beaumont (1926-2010)

[Michael Rhodes]

The Hon Richard Blackett Beaumont, who has died at the age of 83, was
a son of the 2nd Viscount Allendale (1890-1956), by his wife the
former Violet Lucy Emily Seely (d 1979), scion of the Seely Baronets;
Mr Beaumont, who was b 1926, was chairman of Royal gunmakers, Purdey &
Sons; married 12 Oct 1971, Lavinia Mary Keppel (b 1928), sometime
governess to HRH The Earl of Wessex, scion of the Earls of Albemarle.
No issue.

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[Michael Rhodes]

Mr Beaumont died 8 January, 2010

On 11 Jan, 15:30, Michael Rhodes <mig73allenford2...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

[Michael Rhodes]

Richard Beaumont owned the London gun and rifle maker James Purdey &
Sons from 1949 until 1994, and was its chairman from 1971. Richard
Blackett Beaumont was born in 1926. He was the second son of the 2nd
Viscount Allendale, and his childhood was spent on the family’s
Northumberland estate and at its home in Mayfair. For a time the Duke
and Duchess of York, and the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret
Rose, were next door neighbours

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6988476.ece

[Michael Rhodes]

A memorial service for Mr Beaumont takes place at Holy
Trinity Sloane Street, Wednesday March 10, 2010.

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