Henry Hanbury Beaufoy

(1750-1795)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Beaufoy, Henry, d. 1795 NRA: Beaufoy Henry Hanbury (d 1795) Politician DNB: Beaufoy, Henry Hanbury (1750–1795), politician LBT ID: HeBeauf1795 VIAF ID: 76169188 LOC ID: nr91010871	B/BAP: 1750-11 DIED: 1795-05-17
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The son of a Quaker distiller, he was educated at Hoxton, the Warrington Academy, and Edinburgh University; he was elected MP for Minehead in 1783 and supported William Pitt and rights for dissenters.
REFERENCES TO Henry Hanbury Beaufoy: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. XVI. 1776-1790 Found 2: ¶ 17 ¶ 18 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. III. 1788-1792 Found 2: ¶ 6 ¶ 16