15 Facts About Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt

Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt served as a captain in the First World War, and was Director of Military Intelligence from the start of the Second World War until December 1940.

Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1912.

Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt was promoted from second lieutenant to lieutenant on 5 August 1914, and to captain in 1915, then serving as adjutant at the Divisional Base Depot.

Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt spent a year as an instructor in English at a French military school, before returning to his regiment in August 1921 to serve as adjutant until August 1922.

In November 1922 Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt was attached to the War Office as a General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade, and was promoted to the rank of major on 2 February 1924.

Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel on 22 May 1932, and commanded the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, until 1935.

Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt was promoted to colonel on 22 May 1936, with seniority backdated to 1 February.

Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt was later made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.

Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt then attended the Imperial Defence College, where Richard O'Connor was a fellow student.

On 29 August 1938 Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt was appointed the Deputy Director of Military Intelligence at the War Office, and granted the temporary rank of brigadier.

Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt relinquished the position of DMI on 16 December 1940.

On 15 January 1941 Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt was re-granted the temporary rank of major general, to serve as a military attache, and from 15 June 1941 as a member of the British Army Staff, in Washington DC.

Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt ended the war as a liaison officer on the staff of Field Marshal Harold Alexander, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean.

Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt left the Army in late 1945, but remained in the Reserve of Officers until reaching the mandatory retirement age of 60 on 24 March 1953.

Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt was appointed a Gentleman Usher to the Queen in November 1959, and serving until April 1967.