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 (the first creation of this rank in England) in 1342; after the death of the 2nd Viscount both titles fell into abeyance. In 1840 the barony was restored for Miles Thomas Stapleton who became 8th Baron Beaumont. The 17th Duke of Norfolk gained the title by inheritance, so the title became a subsidiary title of the 17th Duke of Norfolk. However, as the title descends to "heirs of the body", while the Dukedom of Norfolk descends to "heirs male", the titles may eventually separate again, or the barony go in abeyance. The family seat was Carlton Towers, which has since passed into the possession of the Dukes of Norfolk.
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Barons Beaumont (1309)
- Henry de Beaumont, 1st Baron Beaumont, 4th Earl of Buchan (bef. 1305-1340)
- John Beaumont, 2nd Baron Beaumont (aft. 1317-1342)
- Henry Beaumont, 3rd Baron Beaumont (d. 1326)
- John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont (1360 / 1361-1396)
- Henry Beaumont, 5th Baron Beaumont (1379 / 1380-1413)
- John Beaumont, 6th Baron Beaumont (round 1409-1460) became Viscount in 1432
Viscounts Beaumont (1432)
- John Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont, 6th Baron Beaumont (round 1409-1460)
- William Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beamont, 7th Baron Beaumont (bef. 1441-1507) (viscouncy extinct, barony abeyant)
Barons Beaumont (1309; reverted 1840)
- Miles Thomas Stapleton, 8th Baron Beaumont (1805-1854) (abeyance terminated in 1840)
- Henry Stapleton, 9th Baron Beaumont (1848-1892)
- Miles Stapleton, 10th Baron Beaumont (1850-1895)
- Mona Josephine Tempest Stapleton, 11th Baroness Beaumont (1894-1971)
- Miles Francis Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk, 12th Baron Beaumont (1915-2002)
for further Barons: Duke of Norfolk
