Francis Beaufort KCB FRS (1774 - 1857)

Born 27 May 1774 in Navan, County Meath, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Alicia Magdalena (Wilson) Beaufort — married 3 Dec 1812 in Saint Mary-St Marylebone Road, St Marylebone, London, England

Descendants

Died 17 Dec 1857 at age 83 in Hove, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

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Navan, 1774

Biography

Francis Beaufort KCB FRS is Notable.

Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, KCB, FRS, FRGS, FRAS, MRIA

Creator of the Beaufort Scale for indicating wind force.^[1]

Francis Beaufort was descended from French Protestant Huguenots, ^[1]
who fled the French Wars of Religion in the sixteenth century. His parents moved to Ireland from London. His father, Daniel Augustus Beaufort, was a Protestant clergyman from Navan, County Meath, Ireland, and a member of the learned Royal Irish Academy. His mother Mary was the daughter and co-heiress of William Waller, of Allenstown House. Francis was born in Navan on 27 May 1774. He had an older brother, William Louis Beaufort and three sisters, Frances, Harriet, and Louisa. His father created and published a new map of Ireland in 1792.
Francis grew up in Wales and Ireland until age fourteen. He left school and went to sea, but never stopped his education. By later in life, he had become sufficiently self-educated to associate with some of the greatest scientists and applied mathematicians of his time, including Mary Somerville, John Herschel, George Biddell Airy, and Charles Babbage.

Died on 17 December 1857 at age 83 in Hove, Sussex, England.

Buried in the church gardens of St John at Hackney, London

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Francis Beaufort - W®

• Wikidata: Item Q21186, en:Wikipedia
• "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (: 10 December 2014), Francis Beaufort and Alicia Magdalina Wilson, 03 Dec 1812; citing Saint Mary-St Marylebone Road, St Marylebone, London, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 942 B4HA V. 51, 942 B4HA V. 52, 942 B4HA V. 54, 942 B4HA V. 55, 942 B4HA V. 56, 942 B4HA V. 57.

• A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Beaufort, Francis