497 Henry Beaumont

Constituency :  South  West  Riding  1865-74, Colne  Valley  1885-92 ( from  1886  Liberal Unionist )

Henry  was  the  first  cousin  of  Wentworth  Beaumont, MP  for  Northumberland  South  and  later  Baron Allendale. He  was  educated  at  Eton  and  Cambridge. Henry  studied  practical  farming  in  the  1850s. He  was  keen  on  field  sports  and  was  a  crack  shot.

Henry  was  an  Adullamite  and  a  Palmerstonian  who  supported  the  idea  of  a  coalition  government  in 1866.

Henry  finished  bottom  of  the  poll  in  1874  when  both  Liberals  were  defeated.

In  1879  Henry  made  over  lands  for  a  public  park  in  Huddersfield  that  bears  his  name.

Henry  joined  the  Liberal  Unionists  in  1886.

He  died  in  1913  aged  80.