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About John Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont
John Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont, was an English nobleman and magnate from Folkingham, Lincolnshire. He was a councillor to King Henry VI and was rewarded for his services, becoming a leading member of the East Anglian nobility. Beaumont held numerous offices for the crown, and was promoted up the peerage to become the first man with the rank of viscount. He also amassed immense personal wealth, acquired through inheritance, marriage, and royal patronage.
Everything about John Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the House of Lords, Lord High Constable of England
- Born
- 1409
- Died
- 1460