Henry Beaufoy
Henry Beaufoy (November 1750 – 17 May 1795)[1] was a British MP.
He was the son of a Quaker wine merchant and educated at the academies at Hoxton and Warrington before studying at Edinburgh University in the early 1770s. He was a founder of Hackney College.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in February 1782.[2]
He was returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for Minehead (1783–1784) and Great Yarmouth from 1784 [3] until his death.[4] As a Dissenter, he was a staunch advocate of the Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, which limited the civil rights of non-members of the Church of England.
He was Secretary to the Board of Control and tried for high treason in 1794. He was buried in St Mary's, Ealing. He had married Elizabeth Jenks in 1778.
References
Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Beaufoy, Henry". Dictionary of National Biography. 4. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
- ↑ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 12537. p. 1. 1784-24-04. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
- ↑ The American journal of science and arts, 60
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Francis Fownes-Luttrell John Fownes Luttrell |
Member of Parliament for Minehead 1783–1784 With: John Fownes Luttrell |
Succeeded by Charles Phipps John Fownes Luttrell |
| Preceded by Richard Walpole Charles Townshend |
Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth 1784–1795 With: Sir John Jervis to 1790 Charles Townshend from 1790 |
Succeeded by Stephens Howe Charles Townshend |