Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale
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Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale KG MC JP (6 August 1890–16 December 1956) was a British peer.
Allendale was the son of the 1st Viscount Allendale and was educated at Eton and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1912. He fought in the First World War, serving with the Guards Machine Gun Regiment and rose the rank of Captain in 1915. After the war, he married Violet Seely (the daughter of Sir Charles Seely, 2nd Baronet) on 20 July 1921 at St Martin-in-the-Fields and they had six children:
- Wentworth Hubert Charles Beaumont, 3rd Viscount Allendale (12 September 1922–27 December 2002)
- Hon. Ela Hilda Aline Beaumont (Ela Howard, Countess of Carlisle) (27 May 1925–18 February 2002)
- Hon. Richard Blackett Beaumont (b. 13 August 1926)
- Hon. Sir Edward Nicholas Canning Beaumont (b. 14 December 1929)
- Hon. Matthew Henry Beaumont (b. 10 April 1933)
- Hon. George Andrew Beaumont (b. 21 June 1938–3 January 1960)
In 1923, he succeeded to his father's title of Viscount Allendale and was a Lord in Waiting between 1931 and 1932 in Ramsay MacDonald's ministry. In 1951, Allendale was awarden an honorary doctorate of Civil Law from the University of Durham.
| Honorary Titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Charles Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet |
Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland 1949–1956 |
Succeeded by The Duke of Northumberland |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Wentworth Beaumont |
Viscount Allendale 1923–1956 |
Succeeded by Wentworth Beaumont |
