Major Kenneth Beaumont CBE, DSO, MA (Oxon), AFRAeS (10 February 1884 - 24 June 1965) is the individual probably most responsible for the development of international aviation law. After becoming a joint partner in 1911 of the London based legal practice, Beaumont and Son, (originally formed as a family practice by his grandfather in 1836) Major Beaumont turned the practice's focus to aviation law following an Imperial Airways accident in 1924. Wikipedia
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