Viscount Allendale, of Allendale and Hexham in the County of Northumberland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created on 5 July 1911 for the Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Baron Allendale

Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale

Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale PC, JP, DL , styled The Honourable Wentworth Beaumont between 1906 and 1907, was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:...

. The title of Baron Allendale, of Allendale and Hexham in the County of Northumberland, had been created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 20 July 1906 for his father, the Yorkshire

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 mining magnate and Liberal

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 Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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, Wentworth Beaumont

Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Baron Allendale

Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, 1st Baron Allendale was a British industrialist and Liberal politician.Allendale was the eldest son of Thomas Beaumont and his wife Henrietta Jane Emma, daughter of John Atkinson, and was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge...

. The first Viscount's son, the second Viscount, notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland

Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland

This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland. Since 1802, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Northumberland.*Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland*Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland ?–1489...

 between 1949 and 1956. the titles are held by the latter's grandson, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 2002.

Several other members of the Beaumont family have also gained distinction. Thomas Wentworth Beaumont

Thomas Wentworth Beaumont

Thomas Wentworth Beaumont was a British politician and soldier. In 1831, at the time he inherited his mother's estate, he was the richest commoner in England.-Background:...

, father of the first Baron, was a politician. The Hon. Hubert Beaumont

Hubert Beaumont (Liberal politician)

Hubert George Beaumont , styled The Honourable from 1906, was a British politician.He was third the son of Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Baron Allendale and his wife Lady Margaret Anne de Burgh, daughter of Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde. Beaumont was educated at Eton College and then at...

, third son of the first Baron Allendale, was a Liberal politician. His grandson was Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley

Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley

Timothy Wentworth Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley was a United Kingdom politician and an Anglican clergyman. He was politically active, successively, in the Liberal Party, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party...

.

The family seats are Bywell Hall

Bywell Hall

Bywell Hall is a privately owned 18th century country house situated on the north bank of the River Tyne at Bywell, Northumberland. It is a Grade II* listed building....

, in Bywell

Bywell

 Bywell is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne opposite Stocksfield, between Hexham and Newcastle.-Governance:Bywell is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.- Landmarks :...

 and Stocksfield Hall, in Stocksfield

Stocksfield

Stocksfield is a small, sprawling commuter village situated close to the River Tyne, about west of Newcastle upon Tyne and east of Hexham in the southern part of Northumberland, England...

, both in Northumberland

Northumberland

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.

Coat of arms

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the viscountcy is: Gules, a lion rampant or armed and langued azure between eight crescents in orle of the second. This can be translated as: a red shield with a golden lion rampant with blue claws and tongue between eight golden crescents arranged around the edge of the shield.

Barons Allendale (1906)

• Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, 1st Baron Allendale
  Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Baron Allendale
  Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, 1st Baron Allendale was a British industrialist and Liberal politician.Allendale was the eldest son of Thomas Beaumont and his wife Henrietta Jane Emma, daughter of John Atkinson, and was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge...
  
   (1829–1907)
• Wentworth Canning Beaumont, 2nd Baron Allendale
  Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale
  Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale PC, JP, DL , styled The Honourable Wentworth Beaumont between 1906 and 1907, was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:...
  
   (created Viscount Allendale in 1911)

Viscounts Allendale (1911)

• Wentworth Canning Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale
  Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale
  Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale PC, JP, DL , styled The Honourable Wentworth Beaumont between 1906 and 1907, was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:...
  
   (1860–1923)
• Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale
  Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale
  Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale KG CB OBE MC DL JP 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 was commissioned into the Territorial Force in 1912 and transferred...
  
   (1890–1956)
• Wentworth Hubert Charles Beaumont, 3rd Viscount Allendale (1922–2002)
• Wentworth Peter Ismay Beaumont, 4th Viscount Allendale (b. 1948)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Wentworth Ambrose Ismay Beaumont (b. 1979)