Admiral and hydrographer (map making for sailors). Developed the Beaufort Scale (for winds) in 1805. Born Co. Meath, Ireland. He kept journals, written in code, and these reveal that, as a widower in his sixties, his relationship with his sister, always close, became incestuous for three years, until he married again, to his step-niece. Died Brighton.
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Sir Francis Beaufort
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Sir Beaufort
London County Council Sir Francis Beaufort, 1774 - 1857, Admiral and hydrogr...
Other Subjects
Serjeant Robert John Jones
Robert John Jones was born on 2 January 1885 in Paddington, a son of John Jones (b.circa1857) and Emma Jones née Bushnell (b.circa1856). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1885 in the P...
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Charles Downs
Bruce Charles Downs was born on 24 June 1916 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, USA, the second of the three children of Bruce George Downs (1890-1966) and Lena Vivian Downs née Bright (b.1896...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
A. W. Holland
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
J. D. Martin
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Sir Douglas Bader
Air force officer. Born Douglas Robert Steuart Bader at St John's Wood. Commissioned in the Royal Air Force as a pilot officer in 1930. In 1931, following a crash, he had both legs amputated. He wa...
1 memorial