Lewis Beaumont

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Sir Lewis Beaumont
Born19 May 1847[1]
Paris, France[2]
DiedJune 20, 1922(1922-06-20) (aged 75)
Cuckfield, Sussex, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branchNaval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
Commands heldPacific Station
Australia Station
Plymouth Command
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Admiral Sir Lewis Anthony Beaumont, GCB, KCMG (19 May 1847 – 20 June 1922) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.

Naval career[]

Beaumont joined the Royal Navy as a boy in 1860 and was engaged in operations in Malaya by 1875.[3] Between 1875 and 1876 he took part as senior lieutenant in the British Arctic Expedition led by George Nares on HMS Discovery, an attempt to reach the North Pole and to explore the NW coast of Greenland. Beaumont led a dogsled party that reached Sherard Osborn Fjord in May 1876 and left a cairn at Repulse Harbour.[4]

He was given command of HMS Excellent in 1893,[5] before becoming Director of Naval Intelligence in 1895.[6] He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1899[7] and Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station in 1900.[8] During his time in Australia, he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) on the occasion of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary).[9] He was promoted to vice-admiral on 9 September 1902,[10] and appointed Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth later the same year, serving as such until 1908.[11] He was First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King in 1911.[12] He retired in 1912.[13]

British flag left at a depot on Repulse Harbour by then Lieutenant Lewis Beaumont during Captain Nares' British Arctic Expedition.

References[]

  1. ^ "Beaumont, Lewis Anthony". Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies. The National Archives. December 1860. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  2. ^ 1891 England Census
  3. ^ Australian Naval Station: The New Admiral The Hobart Mercury, 25 January 1901
  4. ^ Lewis Beaumont collection
  5. ^ World Ships Forum
  6. ^ The Royal Navy: A history from earliest times to the present
  7. ^ The Straits Times, 31 July 1902, Page 4
  8. ^ Admiral Beaumont's staff The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 January 1901
  9. ^ "No. 27338". The London Gazette. 26 July 1901. p. 4950.
  10. ^ "No. 27473". The London Gazette. 12 September 1902. p. 5889.
  11. ^ Royal Navy Flag Officers, June 1, 1906
  12. ^ Principle Aide-de-Camp, London The Adelaide Advertiser, 8 February 1911
  13. ^ Death of Admiral Beaumont Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 144, 21 June 1922, Page 8
Military offices
Preceded by Director of Naval Intelligence
1895–1899 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station
1899–1900 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station
1900–1902 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
1902–1908 		Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp
1911–1913 		Succeeded by
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