Baron Raoul Trevor Beaumont

Born: 27 Mar 1937
Marriage (1): Jayne Hamilton Currie on 11 Aug 1973
Died: 3 Jan 2008, Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa aged 70 ¹⁵

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Spouses/Children:

1. Jayne Hamilton Currie

Sebastian Trevor Beaumont+
Ariane Zenne Beaumont+
Lucien Raoul Beaumont+

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

Government Gazette No. 31606 - 22 Nov 2008

898/2008 - Beaumont, Baron Raoul Trevor, 3703275066088, Compagnes Drift Farm, Botrivier, Western Cape (Caledon; Cape Town). - J L Gerber, PO Box 36314, Glosderry, 7702.

http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=GGGovernment_Gazette_No._31606_-_22_Nov_2008_12_255

And

http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C2149015249

And

http://www.identitynumber.org/research/marriage-transcriptions-results.php

bullet Death Notes:

Government Gazette No. 31606 - 22 Nov 2008

898/2008 - Beaumont, Baron Raoul Trevor, 3703275066088, Compagnes Drift Farm, Botrivier, Western Cape (Caledon; Cape Town). - J L Gerber, PO Box 36314, Glosderry, 7702.

http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=GGGovernment_Gazette_No._31606_-_22_Nov_2008_12_255

And

http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C2149015249

And

Raoul Beaumont, owner and patriarch, passed away after a short sudden illness exactly a month before at the start of January. 2008
http://www.pinotage.org/2008/02/open-day-at-beaumont.htmll

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• General Comment. Research notes from MHB [9].

• Web Based Info. Copy of ctn_estates06.xls in RAB's possession.

And

http://www.africanangler.com/sb_article.asp?id=774

• General Comment. Biography: Baron Raoul Trevor BEAUMONT
Raoul Beaumont had a passion for motorcycles and vineyards, often seen riding his Harley among the vines. [His son,] Sebastian Beaumont created the RAOUL's "wines with attitude" [range] to reflect the eccentric, unpretentious, irreverent but always polite character that was his father.

THE ESTATE
The Beaumont family live, grow grapes and make their wine on the historic farm that dates to 1710. Jayne and Raoul Beaumont began to call this charming farm 'home' in 1973. They tended orchards and vineyards, sold their fruit and made a barrel of wine each year for themselves. Since their first commercial release in 1994, they have been earning accolades around the world.

http://boutiquevineyards.net/images/Raoul_s_OBP_07.pdf

THE ESTATE & VINEYARD

The Beaumont family live, grow grapes and make their wine on the historic farm known as Compagnes Drift, which
was once an outpost for the Dutch East India Company in the 1700s. Just over an hour southeast of Cape Town
near the coastal village of Hermanus, the farm is a mere five, open miles from the cool southern Indian and Atlantic
Oceans. Near the mountain source of Bot River, they benefit from gently sloping land of ancient Bokkeveld Shale
- a duplex of gravelly topsoil with a clay subsoil. On the southern face of the Stellenbosch Mountains, the area is
considered a 'cool climate'.

Jayne and Raoul Beaumont began to call this charming farm 'home' in 1973, tending the chenin vines from which
Hope Marguerite is now made. The wine was named in honor of Raoul's mother who was named after the Cape of
Good Hope in the early 1900's. Only fruit from their oldest vineyard of 40 years is used to make this elegant wine. The
Beaumont's focus on chenin blanc, which has historically been a neglected varietal in South Africa, is an exciting and
daring move toward proving the versatility and ability of this varietal to make complex and excellent wines.

http://www.34south.com/images/Bmt_Chenin_06_Fact.pdf

Baron married Jayne Hamilton Currie, daughter of Currie and Unknown, on 11 Aug 1973. (Jayne Hamilton Currie was born on 12 Jul 1948.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://www.identitynumber.org/research/marriage-transcriptions-results1.php?id=16533134

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Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

Caveat #2:- I have used URL's throughout the website as sources. The URLs are often from paid subscription sites so you may not be able to access them without an account. Inevitably there are broken URL's. I have been to every URL recorded here and at the time they were operational. In this regard, the Ancestry24 records are a problem. There are numerous references in the South African data citing Ancestry24 records. Unfortunately Ancestry24 has closed down and these records are no longer available on line.

The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years