Robert Beaumont
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Robert Beaumont (d. 1567) was Master of Trinity College Cambridge from 1561-1567 and twice Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1564, 1566). During this time, he commissioned Hans Eworth to copy the 1537 Hans Holbein portrait of King Henry VIII. This copy was bequeathed to Trinity College where it hangs to this day.
He was known to be Puritan, and in February 1565 wrote to the then Archbishop of Canterbury complaining of "profane comedies or tragedies". He also bequeathed to the College nine works by John Calvin, which were either refused by his successor or lost before 1600.
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Master of Trinity College, Cambridge 1561–1567 |
Succeeded by John Whitgift |
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