By Gary Beaumont, Version October 2026 Acknowledgement: E.M. Beaumont has provided significant input for this document. First, he agreed to DNA testing, which was instrumental to the success of the Beaumont (West Yorkshire) Y‑DNA surname project on FamilyTreeDNA. Second, since the 1700s, his family has actively preserved information essential to the history of the Beaumonts in West Yorkshire. Third, he has doggedly searched archives for relevant historical records, many of wh