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Authorised form of nameBeaufort; Sir; Francis (1774 - 1857); hydrographer
Dates1774 - 1857
NationalityIrish
Place of birthFlower Hill, Navan, County Meath, Ireland, Europe
Date of birth27 May 1774
Place of deathHove, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Date of death17 December 1857
Dates and placesBurial:
Church of St John-at-Hackney, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
OccupationHydrographer; Naval Officer
ActivityEducation:
Bates's Military and Marine Academy, Dublin (1784)
Career:
Entered the Navy (1787); studied astronomy and meteorology for five months under Dr Henry Ussher, professor of astronomy at Trinity College Dublin (1788); Commander (1800); worked on establishing a semaphore system capable of transmitting messages from Dublin to Galway in eight minutes with his brother-in-law Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1803); carried out multiple surveys (Rio de la Plata; coast of Karamania); published 'Karamania, or, A brief description of the south coast of Asia minor, and of the remains of antiquity' (1817); Hydrographer to the Admiralty (1829-1855); awarded DCL Oxford (1839); retired as Rear Admiral (1855); served on the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for the 1832 Reform Act; member of a commission on employment of pilots (1835), and on UK harbours, shores, and rivers (1845)
Honours:
KCB 1848
Memberships:
Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (1829); Member of the Royal Irish Academy (1832); Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (founding member); Member of the American Philosophical Society 1840
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election30/06/1814
Age at election40
Royal Society activityRoyal Society roles:
Sworn into Council 1 December 1832
Committee and panels:
Telescope Committee (1831); Meteorological Committee (1831) ; Medal Committee (1830) ; Report of the Hydrometer Committee (1832)
RelationshipsParents: Rev Daniel Augustus Beaufort and Mary Waller of Allenstown
Siblings: Frances (later fourth wife of Richard Lovell Edgeworth)
Married: 1) Alicia Magdalena Wilson; 2) Honora Edgeworth
Children: Francis Lestock (later Attorney General of Bengal)
Published worksRCN: 26972
RCN: 26973
RCN: 27669
RCN: 26974
General contextFrom an early stage in his life, Beaufort was keen to travel and one of his first journeys was on the East Indiaman Vansittart. He worked on a variety of ships, saw much active service, and was wounded during the capture of the Spanish ship San Josef. As a commander on the Woolwich (1805), he assisted in the evacuation of British troops from Buenos Aires in 1807. He was initially rejected for the post of Hydrographer of the Navy in 1823, but was appointed to this role six years later. He is most remembered for his Beaufort wind force scale, and some geographical points named after him, e.g. the Beaufort Sea.
Royal Society Obituary or MemoirClick to view (may be contained within a meeting notice, presidential address or list of death notices)
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Irish Innovators; ODNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1857-1859 vol 9 pp 524-527
References:
Carr Agnew, D. 2004. 'Robert Fitzroy and the myth of 'Marsden Square': Transatlantic rivalries in early marine meteorology', in Notes and Records, vol. 58, pp. 21-46
Home, R W. 2002. 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 1. 1731-1847', in Notes and Records, vol. 56, pp. 307-332
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/42580519
Royal Society codeNA5914
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1814/13Beaufort, Sir Francis: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MS/257/1/111Letter from Francis Beaufort, Admiralty to Edward Sabine13 December 1848
DM/1/15Letter from Francis Beaufort, Admiralty, to P M Roget7 March 1831
MM/1/53Letter from IC Lees, Nassau, to Sir Francis Beaufort5 June 1839
DM/4/128Letter from Beaufort, Admiralty, to Edward Sabine14 December 1829
DM/4/93Letter from Charles Rumker to Davies Gilbert, President, Royal Society24 May 1830
DM/4/96Letter from Charles Rumker to Davies Gilbert, President, Royal Society25 June 1830
DM/1/24Draft of a letter from P M Roget to Francis Beaufort14 March 1831
DM/1/25Letter from Francis Beaufort, Manchester Square, to P M Roget15 March 1831
IM/000310Beaufort, Sir Francisnd
EC/1814/14Beaufort, Sir Francis: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/005531Beaufort, Sir Francis2000
MS/123/5Letter from the Duke of Sussex to unknown recipient12 November 1832
HS/3/331Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty1 March 1833
HS/3/315Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel9 April 1830
MC/2/285Letter from Colonel Francis Rawdon Chesney, 3 Down Street, to Captain Francis Beaufort, hydrographer, Admiralty11 June 1838
MS/257/1/115Letter from Francis Beaufort, Admiralty to [James Clark] Ross14 January 1850
MC/4/148Letter from [Francis] Beaufort to the Royal Society13 June 1846
MS/426/457Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Admiral Sir F [Francis] Beaufort 23 January 1852
MS/426/400Copy letter from Edward Sabine, Foreign Secretary fo the Royal Society; to Sir F [Francis] Beaufort7 January [1850]
MS/257/1/116Letter from Francis Beaufort, Admiralty to Edward Sabine4 February 1850
MM/13/84Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee11 December 1832
MM/13/85Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee 20 December 1832
MS/426/401Copy letter from Edward Sabine, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir F [Francis] Beaufort7 January 1850
CMP/1/1Minutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society1 December 1832
MS/426/402Copy letter from Edward Sabine, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir F [Francis] Beaufort7 January 1850
MM/13/88Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee 29 January 1833
MM/13/87Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee 22 January 1833
MM/13/86Minutes of meeting of the Excise Committee 15 January 1833
CMP/1/2Minutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society13 December 1832
MC/3/63Extract of a letter from [Joseph Barclay] Pentland, Paris, to Captain [Francis] Beaufort10 January 1840
PT/27/7Paper, 'Tide observations at Tahiti' by Capt E [Edward] Belcher22 July 1842
MC/1/255Letter from [Francis] Beaufort, Admiralty Office, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society 23 October 1830
MC/1/262Letter from John Augustus Lloyd, Admiralty Office, to Davies Gilbert10 December 1830
MC/1/314Letter from Francis Beaufort, Admiralty [Office], to the Royal Society28 June 1831
MC/1/319Letter from Sir John Barrow [Second Secretary to the Admiralty], Admiralty Office, to [Dr. Peter Mark Roget], Secretary of the Royal Society15 July 1831
MC/2Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1832-1838
PT/42/15Paper, 'Report of observations made upon the tidal streams of the English Channel and the German Ocean' by Captain F W [Frederick William] Beechey11 March 1851
MC/2/181Letter from Captain Francis Beaufort, Admirality, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]11 July 1835
MC/3Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1839-1843
MC/3/65Letter from Edward Sabine, Royal Society apartments, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society]18 January 1840
MC/3/232Letter from Captain Edward Belcher, HMS Sulphur, Woolwich, to Captain Francis Beaufort, Hydrographer2 August 1842
MC/3/276Letter from John Augustus Lloyd, Port-Louis, Mauritius, to the Secretary of the Royal Society3 May 1843
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
MC/4Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1844-1850
AP/18/13Unpublished observations, 'Meteorological journal kept at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, from the 1st February to the 31st May 1834' by Thomas MacleanNovember 1834
AP/19/2Unpublished observations, 'Jackdaw's meteorological register' by Edward Barnett1834
AP/21/15Unpublished paper, 'Experiments on the vibration of the pendulum' by W J [William James] Frodsham1838
MS/257/1/121Letter from Francis Beaufort, Admiralty to Edward Sabine23 November 1853
MS/257/2/185Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth to [Francis] Beaufort[15 June 1839]
AP/20/11Unpublished observations, 'Copy of a meteorological journal kept at the Royal Observatory Cape of Good Hope from the 1st June to 31st December 1834' by T [Thomas] Maclear1835
AP/19/5Unpublished paper, 'Observations on Halley's Comet made at Markree, Sligo, in the months of August, September, October and November 1835' by Edward Cooper1835
AP/19/1Unpublished observations, 'Hygrometrical observation made on board His Majesty's Surveying Vessel Etna' by unknown author1835
AP/21/4Unpublished paper, 'On low fogs and stationary clouds' by William Kelly1837
AP/21/5Unpublished observations, 'Meteorological deductions made from observations made at the Observatory, Port Louis, Mauritius' by John Augustus Lloyd1837
AP/21/20/1Unpublished manuscript, 'An account of a line of levels carried across Northern Syria, from the Mediterranean, to the river Euphrates' by William Taylor ThomsonApril 1838
AP/19/18Unpublished observations, 'Meteorological register of HMS Thunder between 1 and 30 June 1834' by unknown author1834
MS/257/1/74Letter from Francis Baily, 37 Tavistock Place to [Francis] Beaufort1 June 1833
MS/257/1/113Letter from Francis Beaufort, Admiralty to Edward Sabine7 January [1850]
AP/21/20Unpublished paper, 'An account of a line of levels carried across Northern Syria, from the Mediterranean, to the river Euphrates' by William Taylor ThomsonApril 1838
MS/257/1/120Letter from Francis Beaufort, Admiralty to Edward Sabine27 July 1853
AP/27/19/2Unpublished appendix, 'Being extracts from the registers of the barometer and winds, at various points in the Valley of the St Lawrence in 1834 and 1835' by William Kelly8 April 1843
MS/257/1/122Letter from Francis Beaufort, Admiralty to Edward Sabine5 December 1853
AP/25/15Unpublished letter, 'Boring register, Bow Island, South Pacific' from Edward Belcher to the Royal Society26 July 1842
AP/30/3Unpublished paper, 'On the protection of iron from oxidation and from turning foul when it is exposed to the action of the sea and other waters' by William John HayMarch 1848
MS/257/1/114Letter from Francis Beaufort, Admiralty to Edward Sabine10 January 1850
AP/27/19/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On the connexion [sic] between the winds of the St Lawrence [Canada] and the movements of the barometer' by William Kelly1845
MS/257/1/126Incomplete letter from Francis Beaufort, Admiralty to Edward Sabine19th century
MS/257/1/117Letter from Francis Beaufort, Admiralty to Edward Sabine7 March 1850
MS/257/1/118Letter from Francis Beaufort, Admiralty to Edward Sabine16 June 1853
AP/30/3/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On the protection of iron from oxidation and from turning foul when it is exposed to the action of the sea and other waters' by William John HayMarch 1848
AP/27/19Unpublished paper, 'On the connexion [sic] between the winds of the St Lawrence [Canada] and the movements of the barometer' by William Kelly1843-1845
AP/32/4Unpublished paper, 'The hydrostatic log' by E L [Edward Lyon] BerthonDecember 1849
HS/3/374aDraft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at Collingwood21 May 1843
HS/3/388Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty17 July 1848
HS/3/366Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty30 August 1839
MS/257/1/119Letter from Francis Beaufort, Admiralty to Edward Sabine23 July 1853
MS/257/1/124Letter from Francis Beaufort, Admiralty to Edward SabineJune 1855
MS/257/1/112Letter from Francis Beaufort, Admiralty to Edward Sabine7 July 1849
MS/257/3/383A memorandum on chronometers by [Charles Rumker] to Francis Beaufort1829
MS/257/4/52Copy of a letter from Edward Sabine, Hastings to [Francis] Beaufort11 January 1850
MS/257/4/53Copy of a letter from Edward Sabine, Hastings to [Francis] Beaufort15 January 1850
MS/257/1/125Letter from Francis Beaufort, 8 Mills Terrace, Brighton to Edward Sabine21 September 1857
AP/18/8Unpublished paper, 'Observations with the horizontal and dipping needles, made during a voyage from England to New South Wales' by James Dunlop5 July 1833
AP/18/8/1Unpublished manuscript, 'Observations with the horizontal and dipping needles, made during a voyage from England to New South Wales' by James Dunlop5 July 1833
MS/257/1/123Letter from Francis Beaufort, Admiralty to Edward Sabine5 April 1854
PT/34/6Paper, 'Report of experiments made upon the tides in the Irish Sea, and upon the great similarity of tidal phenomena between the Irish and English Channels, and the importance of extending the experiments round the lands end and up the English Channel' in a letter from Captain F W [Frederick William] Beechey to the Hydrographer [Francis Beaufort]19 February 1848
AP/20/3/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On the application of glass as a substitute for metal balance springs in chronometers' by Reverend Arnold and Reverend Dent1836
AP/20/3Unpublished paper, 'On the application of glass as a substitute for metal balance springs in chronometers' by Reverend Arnold and Reverend Dent1836
AP/32/4/1Unpublished manuscript, 'The hydrostatic log' by E L [Edward Lyon] BerthonDecember 1849
HS/3/313Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Manchester St.19 November 1828
HS/3/406Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel5 March 1839
HS/3/336Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty14 October 1833
HS/3/386Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty9 June 1848
HS/3/325Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty2 January 1832
HS/3/327Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at AdmiraltyMay 1832
HS/3/387Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty13 June 1848
HS/3/373Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty20 February 1841
HS/3/409Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel13 September 1839
HS/3/337Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty21 October 1833
HS/19/206Copy notes, on establishing an observatory in Canada, by Francis Beaufort17 June 1835
HS/3/345Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty12 April 1836
HS/3/347Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty11 June 1836
HS/3/339Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty5 January 1835
HS/3/370Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty9 January 1840
HS/3/374Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty24 February 1841
HS/3/364Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel20 July 1839
HS/3/402Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel16 July 1852
HS/3/378Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty13 August 1847
HS/3/389Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty2 August 1848
HS/3/369Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty7 January 1840
HS/3/326Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty10 January 1832
HS/3/333Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at AdmiraltySeptember 1833
HS/3/367Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel10 November 1839
HS/3/361Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty22 December 1838
HS/3/322aCopy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis BeaufortOctober 1831
HS/3/397Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty17 September 1849
HS/3/346Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty13 May 1836
HS/3/396Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty14 September 1849
HS/3/354Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty4 June 1838
HS/3/395Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty16 August 1849
HS/3/349Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty21 July 1836
HS/3/400Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty17 February 1852
HS/3/385Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty20 April 1848
HS/3/381Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel5 February 1848
HS/3/312Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Brighton20 July 1828
HS/3/323Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty17 December 1831
HS/3/329Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty14 August 1832
HS/3/368Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty24 December 1839
HS/3/316Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty1 May 1830
HS/3/334Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty21 September 1833
HS/3/405Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty1 March 1839?
HS/3/330Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty16 January 1833
HS/3/407Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Admiralty]22 July 1839
HS/3/321Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty24 September 1831
HS/3/343Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty21 July 1835
HS/3/341Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Mr. Stewart, dated at Admiralty12 February 1835
HS/3/357Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty15 October 1838
HS/3/332aDraft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis BeaufortJune 1833
HS/3/403Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Admiralty]21 December 1840
HS/3/377Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty25 May 1846
HS/3/352Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty23 February 1837
HS/3/326aDraft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort13 January 1832
HS/3/344Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel20 February 1836
HS/3/404Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty1 February 1839
HS/3/342Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty11 April 1835
HS/3/328Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty21 May 1832
HS/3/355aDraft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at London29 June 1838
HS/3/319Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty2 September 1831
HS/3/359Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Gloucester Place21 November 1838
HS/3/372Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty30 January 1841
HS/3/390Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty4 August 1848
HS/3/356Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty30 June 1838
HS/3/401Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty7 June 1852
HS/3/383Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty23 March 1848
HS/3/365Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty30 July 1839
HS/3/351Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty15 September 1836
HS/3/398aDraft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at Collingwood27 December 1851
HS/3/350Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty2 September 1836
HS/3/323aCopy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis BeaufortDecember 1831
HS/3/338Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty5 July 1834
HS/3/358Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty1 November 1838
HS/3/410Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edgeworthtown19th century
HS/3/322Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty15 October 1831
HS/3/398Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty22 December 1851
HS/3/348Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty30 June 1836
HS/3/324Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty21 December 1831
HS/3/318Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty25 August 1831
HS/3/335Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty25 September 1833
HS/3/340Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty25 January 1835
HS/3/317Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty7 March 1831
HS/3/353Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty18 December 1837
HS/3/394Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty19 January 1849
HS/3/408Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty17 July 1839
HS/3/379Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty27 December 1847
HS/12/153Letter, from [Thomas] Maclear to Francis Beaufort, dated at Cape of Good Hope6 February 1852
HS/3/332Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty11 June 1833
HS/25/1/31Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at Slough5 March 1831
HS/25/1/13Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at Slough26 November 1830
HS/3/320Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty9 September 1831
HS/3/384Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty14 April 1848
HS/3/376Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty23 July 1844
HS/3/355Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty22 June 1838
HS/3/371Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty16 January 1841
HS/3/392Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty18 November 1848
HS/3/391Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Charmouth24 September 1848
HS/19/174Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at Slough5 September 1831
HS/3/380Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty20 January 1848
HS/20/256Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at Devonshire St.27 June 1827
HS/19/74Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort22 July 1838
HS/21/249Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort1838-6-23 or later
HS/25/6/8Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at Collingwood20 January 1841
HS/21/15Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at Slough11 July 1828
HS/25/2/19Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at Slough13 September 1831
HS/25/2/23Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at [Slough]30 September 1831
HS/25/2/15Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at Little Hampton29 August 1831
HS/3/362Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty23 January 1839
HS/3/363Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty28 March 1839
HS/3/382Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty18 March 1848
HS/3/314Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty3 February 1830
HS/3/399Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty6 February 1852
HS/3/375Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty18 July 1844
HS/3/343aCopy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at Feldhausen11 October 1835
HS/21/94Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at [Slough]1831-12-18 or later
HS/9/293Letter, from [Thomas] Henderson to Captain Beaufort, dated at Observatory, Edinburgh20 May 1836
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