{{Short description|French sport shooter (1904–2002)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Jean de Beaumont | image = Jean de Beaumont 1967.jpg | caption = Jean de Beaumont in 1967 | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date|1904|1|13|df=yes}} | birth_place =Château de Berg, Paris, France<ref name="ioc">{{cite journal|title=Jean Bonnin de La Bonninière Count de BEAUMONT, France|journal=The Biographies of All IOC Members|volume=XI|page=70|url=http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv20n2/JOHv20n2t.pdf|accessdate=18 November 2016|archive-date=18 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118224333/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv20n2/JOHv20n2t.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | death_date = {{death date and age|2002|6|12|1904|1|13|df=yes}} | death_place = Paris, France | height = | weight = | website = | country = | sport = Sports shooting | event = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = yes }} thumb|262px|Coat of arms of the family Bonnin de La Bonninière de Beaumont

'''Count Jean Bonnin de la Bonninière de Beaumont''' (13 January 1904 – 12 June 2002), simply known as '''Jean de Beaumont''', was a French aristocrat, businessman, politician, journalist and sport shooter who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics.<ref name="sportsref">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/jean-count-de-beaumont-1.html |title=Jean de Beaumont |accessdate=4 January 2015 |work=Sports Reference |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104210128/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/jean-count-de-beaumont-1.html |archivedate= 4 January 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/42118 |title=Jean de Beaumont |work=Olympedia |access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref>

==Biography==

De Beaumont was born in Paris into an old French aristocratic family, the son of Count Marc Louis Bonnin de la Bonninière de Beaumont (1869-1931) and his wife, Juliette Emélie De Trédern (1875-1963).<ref>{{cite web | title=Généalogie de Jean BONNIN de la BONNINIÈRE de BEAUMONT (2) | url=https://gw.geneanet.org/pierfit?lang=fr&p=jean&n=bonnin+de+la+bonniniere+de+beaumont&oc=2 }}</ref> His ancestors were Marc Antoine de Beaumont, Comte de Baumont, Senator of France and Guillaume Dupuytren, Baron Dupuytren, a French anatomist and military surgeon. He studied at the École des Roches and École Libre des Sciences Politiques.<ref name="whoswho">{{cite web|title=Biographie Jean de Beaumont Administrateur de sociétés.|url=https://www.whoswho.fr/decede/biographie-jean-de-beaumont_8992|website=Who's Who|accessdate=18 November 2016}}</ref>

De Beaumont was a versatile sportsman and sports official. In 1923, he reached the finals of the 110 metre hurdles at the World Student Games. At the 1924 Olympics, he finished 11th with the French team in the team clay pigeons competition. He served as president of the French Olympic Committee from 1967 to 1971, member of the International Olympic Committee from 1951 to 1971, and vice president of the IOC Executive Committee from 1970 to 1974.<ref name="sportsref"/><ref name="whoswho"/>

De Beaumont started his business career as an assistant manager on rubber plantations in Indo-China. After returning to France he became president of several companies operating in the Far East and South Africa. Because of his business connections with Africa he was the first IOC Member to actively promote Olympic sports there. In France, de Beaumont served as a Member of Parliament in 1936–40, and fought as a pilot during World War II.<ref name="sportsref"/> On 10 July 1940, he voted in favour of granting the cabinet presided by Marshal Philippe Pétain authority to draw up a new constitution, thereby effectively ending the French Third Republic and establishing Vichy France.

==Family==

On 15 May 1928, De Beaumont married Paule de Rivaud de La Raffinière (1908-1999), the only daughter of Olivier Macoux de Rivaud de la Raffinière (1875-1938) and his wife, Nicolle de Borrelli (1880-1939). Paule was great-great-granddaughter of Olivier Macoux de Rivaud, Baron de la Raffinière, a French infantry commander during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paule RIVAUD DE LA RAFFINIERE |url=https://gw.geneanet.org/pierfit?lang=fr&n=rivaud+de+la+raffiniere&p=paule}}</ref> Together, they had two daughters and a son:

* Jacqueline Bonnin de la Bonninière de Beaumont, (b. 1929); a French designer, married Vicomte Édouard de Ribes (1923-2013), later Comte de Ribes * Monique Bonnin de la Bonninière de Beaumont, (b. 1930) * Louis-Marc Robert Bonnin de la Bonninière de Beaumont, (1934-2001); married Diane Anatonialdi<ref>{{cite web | title=GENEALOGY: The St Ouen sous Bailly family - Page 3 Schedule of Descendants | url=http://www.audcent.com/audcent4/stouen3.htm }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gw.geneanet.org/dfaucon?n=bonnin+de+la+bonniniere+de+beaumont&oc=&p=louis+marc+robert|title=Louis Marc Robert BONNIN de la BONNINIERE de BEAUMONT|website=gw.geneanet.org}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Jean de Beaumont}} * {{Cite web | last = Wudarski | first = Pawel | year = 1999 | url = http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ols/par24.html | title = Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich | accessdate = 10 February 2008 | language = pl | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090218052011/http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ols/par24.html | archive-date = 18 February 2009 | url-status = dead }}

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