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Henry Beaumont
Personal information
Full name
Henry Beaumont
Born7 October 1881
Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
Died17 August 1964(1964-08-17) (aged 82)
Folkestone, Kent, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1905/06Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 23
Batting average 11.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 13
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 October 2023

Henry Beaumont OBE (7 October 1881 — 17 August 1964) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of Henry Beaumont senior, he was born at Grantham in October 1881. He was educated at Wellington College, before attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1] He graduated from there into the Lancashire Fusiliers as a second lieutenant in August 1900,[2] with promotion to lieutenant following in May 1902.[3] Whilst serving in British India with the Fusiliers, Beaumont made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Parsees in the 1905–06 Bombay Quadrangular.[4] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 10 runs in the Europeans first innings by Jehangir Warden, while following-on in their second innings he was dismissed for 13 runs by K. B. Mistry.[5]

Beaumont later served in the First World War, having been promoted to captain only weeks before the start of the conflict.[6] During the war, he was promoted to major in September 1915 and was decorated by the Sultan of Egypt with the Order of the Nile, 4th Class in March 1916.[7] He was appointed to the staff in August 1916,[8] and was made an OBE.[8] Following the war, he retired from active service in December 1919.[9] Beaumont died at Folkestone in August 1964.

References

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  1. ^ Bevir, Joseph Louis; Strangways, Arthur Henry Fox (1923). Wellington College Register, 1859-1923. Hunt.
  2. ^ "No. 27219". The London Gazette. 10 August 1900. p. 4947.
  3. ^ "No. 27441". The London Gazette. 10 June 1902. p. 3752.
  4. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Henry Beaumont". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1905/06". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  6. ^ "No. 28870". The London Gazette. 14 August 1914. p. 6403.
  7. ^ "No. 29506". The London Gazette. 14 March 1916. p. 2783.
  8. ^ a b "No. 29835". The London Gazette. 24 November 1916. p. 11410.
  9. ^ "No. 31677". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 December 1919. p. 15171.
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