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In Canada

  • Beaumont, Alberta
    Beaumont, Alberta
    Beaumont is a town in central Alberta, Canada near the Irvine Creek. It is located in Division No. 11, south of the City of Edmonton boundary on 50th Street SW and east of the Edmonton International Airport....

    , Canada
  • Lushes Bight-Beaumont-Beaumont North, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Lushes Bight-Beaumont-Beaumont North, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Lushes Bight-Beaumont-Beaumont North is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 275 in the Canada 2006 Census....

    , Canada
  • Beaumont, Quebec
    Beaumont, Quebec
    Beaumont is a village of about 2,100 people 10km east of Lévis, next to the Saint Lawrence River, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality. It is a mostly rural community, with most people working in Lévis as there are no major businesses in Beaumont...

    , Canada

In France


The following communes:
  • Beaumont, Ardèche
    Beaumont, Ardèche
    Beaumont is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France....

  • Beaumont, Corrèze
    Beaumont, Corrèze
    Beaumont is a village and commune in the Corrèze department in central France....

  • Beaumont, Gers
    Beaumont, Gers
    Beaumont is a commune in the Gers department in south-western France.-Sights:The Château de Beaumont was constructed in the 14th century. Significant building work was carried out in the 15th, 17th and 18th centuries....

  • Beaumont, Haute-Loire
    Beaumont, Haute-Loire
    Beaumont is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France....

  • Beaumont, Meurthe-et-Moselle
    Beaumont, Meurthe-et-Moselle
    Beaumont is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.-See also:*Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department...

  • Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme
    Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme
    Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.-References:*...

  • Beaumont, Haute-Savoie
    Beaumont, Haute-Savoie
    Beaumont is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.-References:*...

  • Beaumont, Vienne
    Beaumont, Vienne
    Beaumont, Vienne is a village and commune in the Vienne département of western France....

  • Beaumont, Yonne
    Beaumont, Yonne
    Beaumont is a commune in the Yonne département, in the French region of Bourgogne.-Demographics:As of the census of 1999, the population was 529.
    On January 2006, the estimate was 536.-References:*...

  • Beaumont-en-Auge
    Beaumont-en-Auge
    Beaumont-en-Auge is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in north-western France. The city hosts one of the last kaleidoscope manufacturers in France.-Eminent people:...

    , Calvados
  • Beaumont-en-Cambrésis
    Beaumont-en-Cambrésis
    Beaumont-en-Cambrésis is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.-References:*...

    , Nord
  • Beaumont-Hague
    Beaumont-Hague
    Beaumont-Hague is a commune in the Manche department in the Basse-Normandie region in north-western France....

    , in Manche
  • Beaumont-Hamel
    Beaumont-Hamel
    Beaumont-Hamel is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Population:-Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial:The Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial is a memorial site dedicated to the commemoration of Dominion of Newfoundland forces members who were killed during World War I...

    , Somme
  • Beaumont-de-Lomagne
    Beaumont-de-Lomagne
    Beaumont-of-Lomagne is a commune in France, located in the département of Tarn-et-Garonne and the region of Midi-Pyrénées. Inhabitants of Beaumont-de-Lomagne are called the Beaumontois.-History:...

    , Tarn-et-Garonne

In England

  • Beaumont, Cumbria
    Beaumont, Cumbria
    Beaumont is a village and civil parish in the City of Carlisle district of Cumbria, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 447. The parish covers an area west of Carlisle, including Grinsdale, Kirkandrews-on-Eden, Monkhill, and Beaumont. The parish is bound by the River...

  • Beaumont-cum-Moze
    Beaumont-cum-Moze
    Beaumont-cum-Moze is a civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 352. The parish includes Beaumont and Moze Cross.Beaumont Cut is a derelict canal in the parish.-External links:*...

    , Essex
  • Beaumont College
    Beaumont College
    Beaumont College was a Jesuit public school in Old Windsor, Berkshire, England. In 1967 the school closed. The property became a conference centre, and from 2008 a hotel.-History of the estate:...

    , a Roman Catholic public school, now closed
  • Beaumont School (St Albans)
    Beaumont School (St Albans)
    Beaumont School is a state maintained mixed school located in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. It recently achieved an overall rating of 'Good' from Ofsted whilst the school sixth form achieved the rating of 'Outstanding'.-History:...

    , a mixed school with Language College status in St Albans, Hertfordshire

In the United States

  • Beaumont, California
    Beaumont, California
    Beaumont is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 11,384 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Beaumont is located at .Its neighboring city to the east is Banning and to the west is the city of Calimesa....

     USA
  • Beaumont, Kansas
    Beaumont, Kansas
    Beaumont is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas, United States. The post office was established June 3, 1880, and was discontinued August 16, 1997. The Beaumont St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Water Tank in Beaumont is on the National Register of Historic Places.Beaumont...

     USA
  • Beaumont, Texas
    Beaumont, Texas
    Beaumont is a city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 113,866 at the 2000 census. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the Gulf...

     USA
    • Beaumont (Amtrak station)
      Beaumont (Amtrak station)
      Amtrak's Beaumont Station serves Beaumont, Texas. The unstaffed station has been torn down and there is nothing at the location. The concrete pad left from the building serves as the station. It is located on Cedar, off of North 11th Street....


People


Individuals
  • Beaumont Newhall
    Beaumont Newhall
    Beaumont Newhall was an influential curator, art historian, writer, and photographer. His The History of Photography remains one of the most significant accounts in the field and has become a classic photo history textbook...

     was an influential curator, art historian, writer, and photographer.
  • Antoine-François de Beaumont (1733-1805), French Navy captain
  • Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont, known as the Chevalier d'Eon
    Chevalier d'Eon
    Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont , usually known as the Chevalier d'Éon, was a French diplomat, spy, soldier and Freemason who lived the first half of his life as a man and the second half as a woman.-Early life:D'Éon de Beaumont was born in Tonnerre, Yonne...

    , French diplomat and spy who lived his life as a woman.
  • Dudley John Beaumont
    Dudley John Beaumont
    Dudley John Beaumont was a British army officer and a member of the ruling family of Sark. He was the first husband of Dame Sibyl Mary Collings Beaumont Hathaway, later 21st Seigneur of Sark, and grandfather of the 22nd Seigneur of Sark, John Michael Beaumont.-Life:Beaumont was the son of William...

     (1877-1918), member of the ruling family of Sark
  • Francis Beaumont
    Francis Beaumont
    Francis Beaumont was a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre, most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher....

    , English dramatist
  • Francis William Lionel Collings Beaumont
    Francis William Lionel Collings Beaumont
    Francis William Lionel Collings Beaumont , also known as F. W. L. C. Beaumont or “Buster” Beaumont, was the heir to the Seigneur of Sark, a Royal Air Force officer, film producer and the husband of actress Mary Lawson...

    , member of the ruling family of Sark
  • Colonel Frederick Beaumont, 19th century British soldier and engineer
  • Sir George Beaumont, 7th Baronet
    Sir George Beaumont, 7th Baronet
    Sir George Howland Beaumont, 7th Baronet was a British art patron and amateur painter. He played a crucial part in the creation of London's National Gallery by making the first bequest of paintings to that institution....

    , British art collector
  • Gustave de Beaumont
    Gustave de Beaumont
    M. Gustave de Beaumont was a French magistrate, prison reformer, and travel companion to the famed philosopher and politician Alexis de Tocqueville...

    , 19th Century French writer - associate of Alexis de Tocqueville
  • Hugh Beaumont, American actor
  • Hugh "Binkie" Beaumont
    Binkie Beaumont
    Hugh "Binkie" Beaumont was a British theatre manager and producer, referred to as the "Eminence Grise" of the West End Theatre. He was one of the most successful manager-producers in the West End during the middle of the 20th century, indeed the director Tyrone Guthrie commented that, in his...

    , British theatre impresario
  • John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont
    John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont
    John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont served in the Hundred Years' War against the partisans of Pope Clement VII.Beaumont was born in 1361 at the Duchy of Brabant to Henry Beaumont, 3rd Baron Beaumont and Margaret de Vere...

  • John Michael Beaumont
    John Michael Beaumont
    John Michael Beaumont, OBE is the 22nd Seigneur of Sark. He is a son of Francis William Lionel Collings Beaumont and Enid . He inherited the title in 1974 from his grandmother Sibyl Hathaway....

    , the 22nd Seigneur of Sark
  • John Thomas Barber Beaumont
    John Thomas Barber Beaumont
    John Thomas Barber Beaumont was a British army officer, painter, author, and philanthropist.- Life :...

     (1774-1841), British army officer, painter, author, and philanthropist
  • Kathryn Beaumont
    Kathryn Beaumont
    Kathryn Beaumont is an English voice actress/school teacher. She is best known for playing the voice of both Alice, in Disney's Alice in Wonderland and Wendy in Disney's Peter Pan...

    , a British-American actress and school teacher
  • Kenneth Macdonald Beaumont
  • Mary Elizabeth Beaumont
    Mary Lawson (actress)
    Mary Elizabeth Lawson was a stage and film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. In addition to her performances on stage and screen, Lawson was known for her romantic affairs, including with tennis player Fred Perry and her future husband, the married son of the Dame of Sark...

    , a British actress more popularly known as Mary Lawson
  • Matt Beaumont
    Matt Beaumont
    Matthew Beaumont is a British novelist and former copywriter.Beaumont made his debut in 2000 with the comic novel, e. The Novel of Liars, Lunch and Lost Knickers, which consists entirely of e-mails composed by the staff of one advertising office...

    , British novelist
  • Ned Beaumont
    Dashiell Hammett
    Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade , Nick and Nora Charles , the newspaper comic strip Secret Agent X-9 and the Continental Op...

    , fictional character created by Dashiell Hammett
  • Sibyl Mary Collings Beaumont, the 21st Seigneur of Sark
  • William Beaumont
    William Beaumont
    William Beaumont was a surgeon in the U.S. Army who became known as the "Father of Gastric Physiology" following his research on human digestion.-Late life:...

    , American surgeon
  • William Spencer Beaumont
    William Spencer Beaumont
    William Spencer Beaumont was a British army officer and a member of the London County Council.Beaumont was the grandson of John Thomas Barber Beaumont, who raised the Queen Victoria's Rifles in 1803 during the Napoleonic Wars. His father was J. A. Beaumont of Surrey. Beaumont served as a captain in...

     was a British army officer and a member of the London County Council.


Titles and other
  • The Anglo-Norman House of Beaumont
    House of Beaumont
    The Norman family of Beaumont was one of the great baronial Anglo-Norman families which became rooted in England after the Norman conquest.Roger de Beaumont, lord of Pont-Audemer, of Beaumont-le-Roger, of Brionne and of Vatteville, was too old to fight at Hastings, staying in Normandy to govern...

  • Beaumont was the surname of early holders of the title Earl of Leicester
    Earl of Leicester
    The title Earl of Leicester was created in the 12th century in the Peerage of England , and is currently a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1837. The title was first created for Robert de Beaumont, but he invariably used his French title of Count of Meulan...

  • Baron Beaumont
    Baron Beaumont
    The title of Baron Beaumont is an ancient one in the Peerage of England, created in 1309 for a younger part of the de Brienne-family. The sixth Baron Beaumont was created Viscount Beaumont in 1342; after the death of the 2nd Viscount both titles fell into abeyance...

    , a title in the Peerage of England
  • Viscount Beaumont of Swords
    Viscount Beaumont of Swords
    The title Viscount Beaumont of Swords was created once in the Peerage of Ireland on 20 May 1622 for Sir Thomas Beaumont. On the death of the third viscount in 1702, it became extinct.-Viscounts Beaumont of Swords :...

  • Beaumont Baronets
    Beaumont Baronets
    There have been four Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Beaumont, all in the Baronetage of England. One creation is extant as of 2008....

  • Duc de Beaumont
    Duc de Beaumont
    Duc de Beaumont was a French Duke created by Letters Patent in 1765.The title, referring to Beaumont-du-Gâtinais in the Île-de-France, was created for Charles-François-Christian de Montmorency-Luxembourg, son of Christian-Louis, Prince de Tingry and his wife Louise-Madeleine de Harlay, comtesse de...

  • The Beaumont children disappearance
    Beaumont children disappearance
    Jane Nartare Beaumont , Arnna Kathleen Beaumont , and Grant Ellis Beaumont were three siblings collectively known as The Beaumont Children who disappeared from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia on Australia Day 1966.Their case resulted in one of the largest police investigations in...

     in Australia

Other

  • Beaumont (crater)
    Beaumont (crater)
    Beaumont is a lava-flooded crater located on the southwestern shore of the Mare Nectaris on Earth's Moon. It lies to the northwest of the similarly flooded crater remnant Fracastorius. To the west is the prominent crater Catharina....

    , a lunar crater
  • Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
    Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
    Beaumont Hospital, is one of the largest and busiest major general hospitals providing acute care on the northside of County Dublin and has 620 beds. The hospital provides 24/7 emergency-call service for its catchment area of 250,000 persons...

    , Ireland
  • Beaumont House
    Beaumont House
    Beaumont House, occasionally known as Claremont, is an eclectic Romanesque-Classical brick residence located at 631 Glynburn Road in Beaumont, South Australia...

    , Beaumont, Australia
  • Beaumont Scout Reservation, High Ridge, Missouri
  • William Beaumont Hospital
    William Beaumont Hospital
    Beaumont Hospital is a regional medical system in the greater Detroit, Michigan area. It first opened with a 238 bed hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan in 1955...

    , Royal Oak, Michigan
  • Beaumont (automobile)
    Beaumont (automobile)
    Beaumont was a make of mid-size automobiles produced by General Motors of Canada from 1966 to 1969.-History: ‎The Beaumont grew out of the 1964-65 Acadian Beaumont model, which was based on the contemporary Chevrolet Chevelle. These Beaumonts featured the Chevrolet Chevelle body with minor...

    , a make of automobile produced by General Motors of Canada