Maj. Gen. Frederick George Beaumont-Nesbitt, MC CBE CVO

Maj.-Gen. Frederick George Beaumont-Nesbitt

• Born in 1893;
• educated at Eton College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
• joined Grenadier Guards, 1912; Lt, 1914;
• Capt, 1915;
• Adjutant, Divisional Base Depot, 1915;
• ADC to Commander, 11 Army Corps, France, 1915-1916;
• General Staff Officer Grade 3, 4 Army, France, 1917-1918;
• Bde Maj, 3rd Guards Bde, France, 1918;
• Adjutant, Dispersal Unit, 1919; Staff Capt, 2 Guards Bde, UK, 1919-1920;
• taught English at a French military school, 1920-1921;
• Adjutant, Grenadier Guards, 1921-1922;
• General Staff Officer Grade 3, War Office, 1922-1924 and Grade 2, 1926-1930;
• commanded 2 Bn, Grenadier Guards, 1932-1935;
• Military Attaché, Paris, 1936-1938; Deputy Director of Military Intelligence, War Office, 1938-1939, and Director of Military Intelligence, 1939-1940;
• Military Attaché, Washington DC, 1941;
• Maj Gen, General Staff, British Army Staff, Washington DC, 1941-1943;
• Maj Gen, General Staff, Middle East, North Africa and Italy, 1943-1945;
• ADC to King George VI, 1944-1945;
• Liaison Officer on staff of FM Hon Sir Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander,
• 1945; retired pay, 1945;
• Gentleman Usher to the Queen, 1959-1967; died in 1971.

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• Born on 26 March 1893.
• Son of Edward John Downing Beaumont-Nesbitt and Helen Thomas.
• Married, firstly, Cecilia Mary Lavinia Bingham, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Hon. Sir Cecil Edward Bingham and Rose Ellinor Guthrie, on 24 April 1915.
• Married, secondly, Hon. Ruby Hardinge, daughter of Henry Charles Hardinge, 3rd Viscount Hardinge of Lahore and Kings Newton and Mary Frances Nevill, on 1 March 1928.
• Died on 14 December 1971 at age 78.
• Decorated with the award of the Military Cross (M.C.)
• Invested as a Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) and Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.)
• Gained the rank of Major-General in the service of the Grenadier Guards. Children of Maj.-Gen. Frederick George Beaumont-Nesbitt and Cecilia Mary Lavinia Bingham
• David Frederick John Beaumont-Nesbitt b. 1916, d. b 1972
• Audrey Helen Anne Beaumont-Nesbitt b. 1919, d. 13 Oct 2009 Children of Maj.-Gen. Frederick George Beaumont-Nesbitt and Hon. Ruby Hardinge
• June Rose Beaumont-Nesbitt b. 1929
• Dermot Patrick Beaumont-Nesbitt b. 1931
• Brian Beaumont-Nesbitt+ b. 1932

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Medal Index Cards

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• First name(s) F G Beaumont
• Last name Nesbitt
• Service number -
• Rank Lieutenant, Captain
• Corps Grenadier Guards
• Service record Rank: Lieutenant, Corps: Grenadier Guards
• Service record 2 Rank: Captain, Corps: Grenadier Guards
• Archive reference WO372/14
• Archive reference description Campaign Medal Index Cards and Silver War Badge Cards
• Country Great Britain
• Image link http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D4236612
• Record set World War One British Army medal index cards
• Category Armed forces & conflict
• Subcategory First World War

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