NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Beckford, William, 1709-1770 NRA: Beckford, William (1709-1770) Merchant and Politician DNB: Beckford, William (bap. 1709, d. 1770), planter and politician LBT ID: WiBeckf1770 VIAF ID: 62989135 LOC ID: n85204690 | B/BAP: 1709-12-19 DIED: 1770-06-21 |
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Jamaican sugar magnate, Lord Mayor of London, and MP for London (1754-70). He was the
father of the novelist. | |
REFERENCES TO William Beckford: Samuel Parr to Sir Matthew Wood, 1 November 1816 in 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) Found 1:
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