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BEAUMONT—BEAZELEY. and Thos. Larcom, under the latter of whom, on the occasion of Lord Bridport’s defeat of the French fleet off l’Orient, 23 June, 1795, he was again severely wounded. In May, 1796, he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the 64, Capt. Wm. Bligh, and, on 26 Oct. following, was confirmed into the fire-ship, Capts. Henry Digby and Geo. Barker. For his exertions at the commencement of the mutiny at Spithead in 1797 – when, as First of that vessel, and in the midst of the rebellious fleet, he was the means, during the absence on leave of the Captain, and until the arrival of an order from the Admiral to admit on board a party of the mutineers, of preventing, with the assistance of the other officers, the ship’s company from joining in the disaffection – he was selected by Capt. Jas. Vashon, of the Pomfee 80, to be one of his Lieutenants; but, endeavouring to quell the insubordination which immediately afterwards exhibited itself on board that ship also, he was seized by the crew, who were proceeding to hang him, and had actually placed the rope around his neck, when, the Captain rushing forward, they were induced to forego their murderous intent, and he was sent on shore. On 3 June Lieut. Beauman was appointed by the Admiralty, with an assurance of promotion, to the 98, Capt. Sir Erasmus Gower, for the express purpose of crushing the mutiny then raging at the Nore. Some time afterwards, not having attained the promised step, and Lord Bridport, in expressed sympathy for the unfair treatment he had experienced, offering him a vacancy on board his flagship, the 100, he continued, for two years, to serve in the Channel with that gallant ofilcer; and he was subsequently, until the peace of Amiens, employed with Rear-Admiral Chas. Morice Pole in the 64, on the Newfoundland station. On 10 May, 1803, he became First Lieutenant to Admiral Hon. Wm. Comwallis, in the 110; after serving in which ship for upwards of 53 weeks at the blockade of Brest, without letting go an anchor, he was advanced to the rank of Commander, 4 March, 1805. We next, on 25 March, 1807, find him appointed to the 18, and ordered by the Admiralty to inspect and report on the state of the Danish fleet. In the expedition against Copenhagen, which immediately ensued, Capt. Beauman so acquired the approbation of the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Gambler, as to be promoted, 13 Oct., on his return to England, to Post-rank. On 17 March, 1808, he was appointed to the 74, bearing the flag in the Downs of Vice-Admiral Geo. Campbell; in Feb. 1809, assumed the command of the gun-boats in the Great Belt; accompanied the expedition to the Scheldt in Aug. following; and on 7 Nov. 1810, rejoined Vice-Admiral Campbell in the 64. Since March, 1811, when the latter officer struck his flag, he has not been afloat. Rear-Admiral Beauman, who during the term of his active service was never absent 48 hours from the ship to which he belonged, attained his present rank 23 Nov. 1841.

He married, first, in 1802, the widow of Col. Jas. Webber; and, secondly, in 1824, the Comtesse Isabella de Viry, daughter of the Comte de Viry, many years Sardinian Ambassador at the Court of St. James’s. – Messrs. Ommanney.

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t (b) was born in 1787.

This officer entered the Navy, 7 Aug. 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board 80, Capts. Sir Henry Trollope, Rich. Dacres, and Sir Edm. Nagle, in which ship he proceeded to the West Indies, with the squadron under Sir Robt. Calder, in supposed pursuit of the French Admiral Ganteaume. He next, in Aug. 1802, joined, as Midshipman, 24, armeé en flûte, Capts. Alex. Skene and Alex. Becher, and, after being wrecked off Jersey 26 March, 1803, became attached to the 98, flag-ship in the Channel of Hon. Wm. Comwallis, commanded, afterwards, by Capt. John Child Purvis, and also by Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds, whom he accompanied, in Aug. 1804, into the 98. In Oct. 1807, Mr. Beaumont, who had passed his examination about Oct. 1805, became Lieutenant of the 64, Capts. Fras. Wm. Austen, Edw. Brace, and Chas. Grant, to which ship he was confirmed by commission dated 11 Jan. 1808. Continuing to serve under the latter officer until April, 1812, he appears to have been employed in escorting to Sir Arthur Wellesley, in Portugal, the reinforcement of troops destined to share in the battle of Vimeiro; also in protecting various convoys of ludiamen to and from the Cape of Good Hope and China; in further conveying to Algesiras Gen. Graham, afterwards Lord Lynedoch, upon whom the St. Albans was in attendance at the battle of Barossa; and in co-operating with the Spaniards at the defence of Cadiz, where he came into frequent collision with the enemy’s gun-boats and batteries. On 16 April, 1812, he removed with Capt. Grant to the 74, on the Mediterranean station; and while there he witnessed Sir Edw. Pellew’s second partial encounter with the French fleet off Toulon, and assisted at the capture of several batteries near Leghorn, and of the fortress of Savona near Genoa. He was paid off 29 Sept. 1814, and has not since been employed. His acceptance of the rank he now holds took place 19 Oct. 1844.

Commander Beaumont, who married, first, in 1816, and, again, in 1824, has issue a daughter.

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entered the Navy, 26 March, 1811, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Sir Home Popham, with whom, after serving off Brest and on the north coast of Spain, he proceeded to the East Indies, as Midshipman, in 1813, of the  74. He subsequently joined the 50, Capt. Archibald Dickson, and  44, Capt. Henry Hope, both on the Halifax station – the  38, Capts. John Bastard and Arthur Fanshawe, lying at Sheerness – the yacht, commanded at Deptford by Capt. Sir Edw. Hamilton – and the 18, Capt. Geo. Rich. Pechell, engaged in protecting the revenue and fisheries on the coast of North America. He obtained a Lieutenancy, 13 Oct. 1819, in the 26, Capt. Edw. Collier, on the Halifax station; was next appointed, 6 May, 1824, to the 46, Capt. Lord Napier, employed on a particular service; and on 6 June, 1825, assumed command of the  sloop, in the Mediterranean. Since 1827, in the course of which year the latter vessel was paid off. Commander Beaumont has been on half-pay.

He married, 16 Feb. 1832, the Hon. Susan Hussey Bosville Macdonald, fourth daughter of the late and sister of the present Lord Macdonald. – Hallett and Robinson.

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entered the Navy, 24 Jan. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the sloop, Capts. Fras. Mason and Jas. John Chas. Agassiz. On 16 May following we find him present in a gallant attack on a division of the enemy’s flotilla, consisting of 59 sail, pushing alongshore from Flushing to Ostend, in which the above vessel had 2 men killed and 10 wounded; and, on various other occasions, coming into contact with the enemy. In Aug. 1806, having attained the rank of Midshipman, he rejoined Capt. Mason in the 20, and in that ship sailed for the Rio de la Plata, where he witnessed all the operations from the storming of Monte Video, 3 Feb. 1807, until the final evacuation of Spanish America. He was subsequently, on 5 April, 1808, employed in the boats of the and, under Lieut. Wm. Elliott,