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. | |