Person Beighton; Henry (- 1743) Beighton Henry Beeton - 1743 British Male Burial: Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire

Griff, Warwickshire; Chilvers Coton, near Nuneaton, Warwickshire

Engineer; Surveyor Career: With his friend Desaguliers studied the Newcomen engine which was tested at Griff (1711) and erected a Newcomen engine at Newcastle; Editor of the 'Ladies; Diary', in which he endeavoured to introduce his readers to mathematics (1718-death); made a number of maps and drawings of Warwickshire Married Elizabeth Fellow 03/11/1720 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Taylor; Taylor Hanoverian Notes: Proposed by John Theophilus Desaguliers. DNB gives burial date as 11 October 1743 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 - Oct 1743 NA7336 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 38d54c9d-b060-479b-95d8-fe5a1f45b60b