Person    | Male  Born 21/9/1854  Died 10/11/1922

Mark Hanbury Beaufoy

Businessman and politician. Born South Lambeth, nephew of Henry Beaufoy. Aged 10 he inherited the business. 1881 chaired the meeting at which the Children's Society was founded. 1884 married Mildred. MP for Kennington 1889 -1895. Also keen on game shooting, dogs (follow our picture source for more on his dog interest) and football. Founded the Beaufoy Institute in 1907 and became its first Chairman of Governors. Died in Dorset.

He composed 'A Father's Advice', a verse about gun safety, which includes the lines "All the pheasants ever bred won’t repay for one man dead."

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Mark Hanbury Beaufoy

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Beaufoy Institute - 2 stones

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Maharajah's fountain

Maharajah's fountain

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Grapes Tavern

Grapes Tavern

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Hyde Park Conduit House

Hyde Park Conduit House

A building that housed an ancient spring supplying water to Westminster Abbey. The right to use this was granted by King Edward the Confessor. This right ceased temporarily at the Reformation, but ...

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Pinoli's Restaurant

Pinoli's Restaurant

Londonist tells us this restaurant was the venue chosen for the 1920 "the end-of-year dinner of the influential Hampstead branch of the Communist Party of Great Britain", watched closely by British...

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