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Beaufort (surname)

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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.

Beaufort is also the surname of:

  • Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934-1964), Dutch Porsche Formula 1 Driver 1957 - 1964
  • Francis Beaufort (1774-1857), Irish hydrographer and naval officer, creator of the Beaufort scale, namesake of the Beaufort Sea.
  • Jacques-Antoine Beaufort (1721-1784), French painter
  • Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort (1879-1968), Dutch biologist

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