Beaufort (surname)

Surname list

Beaufort is the name of a noble family of 14th and 15th-century England, descended from John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster. For a list of individual Beauforts, see House of Beaufort.

* Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934-1964), Dutch Porsche Formula 1 Driver 1957 - 1964
* Jacques-Antoine Beaufort (1721-1784), French painter
* Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort (1879-1968), Dutch biologist

Beaufort or de Beaufort is also the surname of members of a particular Huguenot family

* Count Francis de Beaufort (1661-1714), Court Chancellor to the Prince of Lippe-Detmond
* Daniel Cornelius de Beaufort (1700-1788), Church of England, and later, Church of Ireland Clergyman
* Daniel Augustus Beaufort (1739-1821), Church of Ireland Clergyman, author and map maker
* Sir Francis Beaufort (1774-1857), Irish hydrographer and naval officer, creator of the Beaufort scale, namesake of the Beaufort Sea
* Louisa Beaufort (1781-1863), Irish antiquarian, author and artist

## See also

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* Duke of Beaufort (England), a dukedom in the Peerage of England
* Duke of Beaufort (France), a title in French nobility

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Beaufort.
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