Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont

Along with being curious about our history, one of the most common questions we're asked is "Why are you called the Beaumont Society - are you named after someone ?"

The short answer is that we're not named after someone per se.  The Society name comes from the "Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont", a French aristocrat at the time of Louis XV who led a double life as Charles / Lia, not only in the court, but also in senior diplomatic roles in both Russia and England !!! 

To help with enquiries on this subject, the article in the link below was researched by Danielle and first published in the June 1996 Edition of the Beaumont Magazine.  It  provides more detail on the Chevaliers life through Louis court and Charles / Lias role in the diplomatic relations between France, Russia and England - leading to intriguing accusations of spying..........

 

 

Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont  Biography (Requires Adobe acrobat - which can be downloaded by clicking here.  This will take you to an external website)