Viscount Beaumont

Famous quotes containing the words viscount and/or beaumont:

    “If it was not absolutely necessary, it was the foolishest thing ever done.”
    —William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (1779–1848)

    “Lay a garland on my hearse,
    Of the dismal yew;
    Maidens, willow branches bear;
    Say I died true.”
    —Francis Beaumont (1584-1616)