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Beaufort (surname)
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
, Dutch Porsche
Formula 1
Driver 1957 - 1964
Francis Beaufort
, Irish hydrographer and
naval officer
, creator of the
Beaufort scale
,
namesake
of the
Beaufort Sea
.
Jacques-Antoine Beaufort
,
French painter
Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort
, Dutch biologist
Louisa Beaufort, Irish antiquarian, author and
artist