William Beamont
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William Beamont was a Victorian solicitor and local philanthropist, living in the town of Warrington, in the north-west of England.
He founded Warrington's municipal library, the first rate-aided library in the UK, in 1848. His diaries, stored in the library, are a valuable source of social history.
A high school, a junior school and an infants school in the town are named after him. His grave lies in the churchyard of Christ Church, Padgate, one of several Church of England churches that he helped found.