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John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp de Somerset

John Beauchamp of Hache, Baron Beauchamp de Somerset (died ?1361) was Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1359 to about 1361.

King Edward I of England issued a commission to Beauchamp from 1359 to act as Warden and Keeper of the ports of Kent. In 1360 he was also to be made Admiral of the Fleet. The Beauchamp family descended from William the Conqueror through William's daughter Gundred who married William de Warenne.

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