Beaufort

Beaufort stands for:

Unit for wind strength, see Beaufort scale
Beaufort (cheese) , a French raw milk cheese
Beaufort (film) , 2007 Israeli feature film
Beaufort (ship) , a German research vessel
Bristol Beaufort , a British torpedo bomber
Beaufort Motor Company , British automobile manufacturer
Beaufort (noble family) , an English noble family
Duke of Beaufort , hereditary British noble title of the Somerset family
Duke of Beaufort (France) , title of nobility
Beaufort-Spontin , a Belgian and Austrian noble family

Beaufort is the name of the following geographic objects:

Beaufort Castle (Lebanon) , fortress in southern Lebanon
Beaufort Sea , part of the Arctic Ocean
Beaufort Island in Antarctica

in Australia:

Beaufort (Victoria)

in France:

Beaufort (Haute-Garonne) , commune in the Haute-Garonne department
Beaufort (Hérault) , commune in the Hérault department
Beaufort (Isère) , commune in the Isère department
Beaufort (Jura) , commune in the Jura department
Beaufort (Nord) , commune in the Nord department
Beaufort (Savoie) , commune in the Savoie department
Beaufort-Blavincourt , commune in the Pas-de-Calais department
Beaufort-en-Argonne , commune in the Meuse department
Beaufort-en-Santerre , commune in the Somme department
Beaufort-en-Anjou , commune in the Maine-et-Loire department
Beaufort-en-Vallée , former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department
Beaufort-sur-Gervanne , commune in the Drôme department
Canton of Beaufort (Jura)
Canton of Beaufort (Savoie)
Canton of Beaufort-en-Vallée

in Luxemburg:

Beaufort (Luxembourg)
Beaufort Castle (Luxembourg) , castle ruins

in Malaysia:

Beaufort (Sabah)

in South Africa:

in Switzerland:

Beaufort , hamlet in the commune of Saint-Prex , Canton of Vaud

In the United Kingdom

Beaufort (Wales) , community in Blaenau Gwent, Wales

in the United States:

Beaufort, Missouri , in Franklin County
Beaufort, New Jersey , in Essex County
Beaufort, North Carolina , in Carteret County
Beaufort, South Carolina , in Beaufort County
Beaufort Estates , in Chesterfield County, Virginia
Beaufort Farms , in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Beaufort Meadows , in Carteret County, North Carolina
Beaufort Park , in Howard County, Maryland
Beaufort River , flowing water in Beaufort County, South Carolina
Beaufort Lake , a lake in Baraga County, Michigan
Beaufort Island , island in Screven County, Georgia
Beaufort County, North Carolina
Beaufort County, South Carolina

Objects listed in the NRHP :

Beaufort National Cemetery , in Beaufort, South Carolina, ID No. 97001208

Beaufort is the family name of the following people:

Alexander von Beaufort (1683–1743), German major general
Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934–1964), Dutch racing driver
Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1405-1455), English nobleman, Lieutenant of France, Constable of England
Edmund Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (around 1439–1471), English nobleman and military commander
Éric de Moulins-Beaufort (* 1962), French clergyman, Archbishop of Reims
Francis Beaufort (1774–1857), British admiral and hydrograph
Henry Beaufort (1375–1447), British clergyman, Bishop of Winchester
Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset († 1418), English nobleman
Henry Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1436–1464), English military commander
India de Beaufort (* 1987), British actress
Jean Roger de Beaufort († 1391), Archbishop of Auch and Narbonne
Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland (1379-1440), daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
Joan Beaufort (Queen of Scotland) (1406–1445), daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset
John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (1373–1410), English nobleman and crusader
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404–1444), English nobleman
Leicester Paul Beaufort (1853–1926), British colonial governor
Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort (1879–1968), Dutch biologist
Margaret Beaufort (1427–1474) , English nobleman, wife of Humphrey Stafford, 7th Earl of Stafford
Margaret Beaufort (1443–1509) , English noblewoman, ancestor of the House of Tudor, mother of Henry VII.
Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter (1377–1426), Chancellor of England
Thomas Beaufort, Count of Perche († 1431), English military officer during the Hundred Years War

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