He was born on 25 May 1860 at Oxford, the eldest son of his father, tinplate manufacturer Richard Thomas.
[3] Richard Beaumont Thomas married Nora Anderson, the fourth daughter of James Anderson a Tea Merchant, of Dundee and Elizabeth Ann Downes at Holy Trinity Church, Tulse Hill, London on 2 August 1888.
[5] The patents for these inventions were issued and utilised by the tinplate industry globally.
Richard Beaumont-Thomas died on 14 February 1917 leaving a will of £449,285-18-9 pounds sterling.
The will, due to its complexity, was converted into a Private Bill, an Act of Parliament named the Beaumont Thomas Estate 1929 (19 & 20 Geo.5),[6][7] read in the House of Lords.