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.

He was a witness in John Horne Tooke's trial for high treason in 1794.[5]

He was buried in St Mary's, Ealing. He had married Elizabeth Jenks in 1778.

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
  2. "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  3. "No. 12537". The London Gazette. 24 April 1784. p. 1.
  4. The American journal of science and arts, 60
  5. History of Parliament - Hnery Beaufoy
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
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