Beaufort may refer to:

People and titles

Beaufort (surname) Beaufort is the name of a noble family of 14th and 15th-century England, descended from John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster. For a list of individual Beauforts, see House of Beaufort. * Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934–1964), Dutch Porsche F ...

House of Beaufort The House of Beaufort is an English noble and quasi-royal family, which originated in the fourteenth century as the legitimated issue of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (the third surviving son of King Edward III), whose eldest legitimate ...

, English nobility *

Duke of Beaufort (England) Duke of Beaufort (), a title in the Peerage of England, was created by Charles II in 1682 for Henry Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Worcester, a descendant of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, legitimised son of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of S ...

, a title in the peerage of England *

Duke of Beaufort (France) Duke of Beaufort (French: ''duc de Beaufort'') was a title in the French nobility. History The dukedom was first created in 1597 as a peerage for Gabrielle d'Estrées Gabrielle d'Estrées, Duchess of Beaufort and Verneuil, Marchioness of Mo ...

, a title in the French nobility

Places

Polar regions

Beaufort Sea The Beaufort Sea (; french: Mer de Beaufort, Iñupiaq: ''Taġiuq'') is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located north of the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska, and west of Canada's Arctic islands. The sea is named after Sir Fr ...

in the Arctic Ocean *

Beaufort Island Beaufort Island is an island in Antarctica's Ross Sea. It is the northernmost feature of the Ross Archipelago,

, an island in Antarctica's Ross Sea

Australia

Beaufort, Queensland Beaufort is a former rural locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Beaufort had a population of 46 people. On 22 November 2019 the Queensland Government decided to amalgamate the localities in the Barcaldine Region, res ...

, a locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland * Beaufort, South Australia *

Beaufort, Victoria Beaufort is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Western Highway midway between Ararat and Ballarat, in the Pyrenees Shire local government area. It is above sea level. At the 2016 census, Beaufort had a population of 1,539 ...

Beaufort Inlet Beaufort Inlet also locally known as Pallinup Estuary is an inlet located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia about east of Albany. The inlet functions mostly as a result of wave energy and is a wave dominated estuary. The estu ...

, an inlet located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia

Canada

Beaufort Range The Beaufort Range is a mountain range on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located north of Port Alberni and to the west of Qualicum Beach, and running from Horne Lake in the southeast to Comox Lake in the northwest. It has a ...

, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

France

Beaufort, Haute-Garonne Beaufort (; oc, Bèuhòrt) is a village and Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Garonne Departments of France, department in southwestern France. Geography The commune is bordered by four other communes: Sainte-Foy-de-Peyrolières to the no ...

* Beaufort, Hérault *

Beaufort, Isère Beaufort () is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Beaufortois'' or ''Beaufortoises''. Geography Beaufort is located some 50 km north- ...

* Beaufort, Jura *

Beaufort, Nord Beaufort () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Population Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The communes coo ...

Beaufort, Savoie Beaufort (; frp, Bôfôrt), also Beaufort-sur-Doron, is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is the namesake for the Beaufort cheese, which is produced in the surrounding area. Geo ...

Beaufort-Blavincourt Beaufort-Blavincourt (; pcd, Biaufort-Blavincourt) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography A farming village located 13 miles (21 km) west of Arras on the D78 road. Populatio ...

, Pas-de-Calais *

Beaufort-en-Argonne Beaufort-en-Argonne (, literally ''Beaufort in Argonne'') is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region in northeastern France. Population History Beaufort was the site of the final shot of World War I: a 95-pound shell fired at ...

, Meuse *

Beaufort-en-Santerre Beaufort-en-Santerre (, literally ''Beaufort in Santerre''; pcd, Bieufort-in-Santérre) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the junction of the D329 and D161 roads, ...

, Somme *

Beaufort-en-Vallée Beaufort-en-Vallée () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Beaufort-en-Anjou.Beaufort-sur-Gervanne Beaufort-sur-Gervanne (; Vivaro-Alpine dialect, Vivaro-Alpine: ''Beufòrt de Gervana'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Drôme Departments of France, department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Drôme departm ...

, Drôme *

Montmorency-Beaufort Montmorency-Beaufort () is a Communes of France, commune in the Aube Departments of France, department in north-central France. Population See also * Communes of the Aube department * House of Beaufort References

Communes of Au ...

, Aube

Ireland

Beaufort, County Kerry Beaufort () is a small village that lies on the banks of the River Laune in County Kerry, in the southwest of Ireland. It consists of a post office, three public houses, one supermarket, parish hall, guest houses and thirty private houses. As of ...

Luxembourg

Beaufort, Luxembourg Beaufort ( lb, Beefort, german: Befort) is a commune and town in eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher. Commune In 2005, the town of Beaufort, which lies in the centre of the co ...

Lebanon

Beaufort Castle, Lebanon Beaufort or Belfort Castle, known locally as Qal'at al-Shaqif ( ar, قلعة الشقيف, Qalʾāt al-Shaqīf) or Shaqif Arnun, is a Crusader fortress in Nabatieh Governorate, Southern Lebanon, about to the south-south-east of the village o ...

Malaysia

Beaufort, Malaysia Beaufort ( ms, Beaufort) is the capital of the Beaufort District in the Interior Division of Sabah, Malaysia. It was named after former British Governor Leicester Paul Beaufort. Its population was estimated to be around 12,742 in 2010. It is ab ...

Beaufort (federal constituency) Beaufort is a federal constituency in Interior Division (Beaufort District and Kuala Penyu District), Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (English: 'House of Representatives'; ) is the lower house ...

South Africa

Beaufort West Beaufort West (Afrikaans: ''Beaufort-Wes''; Xhosa: ''eBhofolo'') is a town in the Western Cape province in South Africa. It is the largest town in the arid Great Karoo region, and is known as the "Capital of the Karoo". It forms part of the Beauf ...

, largest town in the arid Great Karoo *

Fort Beaufort Fort Beaufort (Xhosa: iBhofolo) is a town in the Amatole District of South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, and had a population of 25,668 in 2011. The town was established in 1837 and became a municipality in 1883. The town lies at the confluen ...

, town in the Amatole District of Eastern Cape Province *

Port Beaufort Port Beaufort is a settlement in Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is a seaside resort, formerly also a harbor, on the north bank of the Breede River estuary. The settlement was named after Henry S ...

, settlement in Eden in the Western Cape province

United Kingdom

Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent Beaufort ( cy, Cendl or ''Y Cendl'') is a community and village located in the historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire) and the preserved county of Gwent. It currently lies on the northern edge of the county borough of Blaenau Gwent in ...

, Wales *

Beaufort Castle, Scotland Beaufort Castle or Castle Dounie ( gd, Caisteal Dhùnaidh) is a Baronial style mansion built in 1880 and incorporating older building work. It is situated on the right bank of the River Beauly near the town of Beauly in Inverness-shire and is n ...

Beaufort's Dyke Beaufort's Dyke is a natural trench within the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. The dyke is long, wide and deep. The trench is recorded in 1856 as having been discovered "some years ago" by a Captain Beechey. Geomorphol ...

, between Scotland and Northern Ireland

United States

Beaufort, North Carolina Beaufort ( ) is a town in and the county seat of Carteret County, North Carolina, Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. Established in 1713 and incorporated in 1723, Beaufort is the fourth oldest town in North Carolina (after Bath, Nor ...

Beaufort County, North Carolina Beaufort County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,652. Its county seat is Washington. The county was founded in 1705 as Pamptecough Precinct. Originally included in Bath Cou ...

Beaufort, South Carolina Beaufort ( , a different pronunciation from that used by the city with the same name in North Carolina) is a city in and the county seat of Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1711, it is the second-oldest city in South ...

Beaufort County, South Carolina Beaufort County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 187,117. Its county seat is Beaufort. Beaufort County is part of the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC Metropolitan Statist ...

Military uses

Bristol Beaufort The Bristol Beaufort (manufacturer designation Type 152) is a British twin-engined torpedo bomber designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and developed from experience gained designing and building the earlier Blenheim light bomber. At l ...

, a large British torpedo bomber * CSS ''Beaufort'', a Confederate Navy gunboat * ''Beaufort'', a transport which served as headquarters for the Governor of Nova Scotia, Edward Cornwallis, for some

Nova Scotia Council Formally known as "His Majesty's Council of Nova Scotia", the Nova Scotia Council (1720–1838) was the original British administrative, legislative and judicial body in Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotia Council was also known as the Annapolis Counci ...

meetings

Transportation

* Beaufort (automobiles), a German manufacturer of automobiles solely for the British market from 1902 to 1910 * Beaufort (dinghy), a sailing dinghy designed by Ian Proctor * Beaufort, one of the

GWR 3031 Class The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the British Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work. The first 30 members of the class were built ...

locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915, formerly named ''Bellerophon'' before 1895

Other uses

* ''Beaufort'' (film), a 2007 Israeli Oscar-nominated film, referring to Beaufort Castle, Lebanon * ''Beaufort'' (novel), title of the 2007 English-language translation of the novel אם יש גן עדן (trsl. ''Im Yesh Gan Eden''), basis for the film *

Beaufort Castle (disambiguation) Beaufort Castle can refer to several places: * Beaufort Castle, Florennes, Belgium * Beaufort Castle, France, in the historical region of Auvergne * Beaufort Castle in Huy, Belgium * Beaufort Castle, Greece, a Frankish castle in Laconia * Beaufort ...

Beaufort cheese Beaufort () is a firm, raw cow's milk cheese associated with the gruyère family. An Alpine cheese, it is produced in Beaufortain, Tarentaise valley and Maurienne, which are located in the Savoie region of the French Alps. Varieties There are ...

, a French cheese *

Beaufort cipher The Beaufort cipher, created by Sir Francis Beaufort, is a substitution cipher similar to the Vigenère cipher, with a slightly modified enciphering mechanism and tableau. Its most famous application was in a rotor-based cipher machine, the Hag ...

, an encryption technique using a substitution cipher *

Beaufort County Schools (disambiguation) Beaufort County Schools could refer to one of the following: * Beaufort County Schools (North Carolina) – Beaufort County, North Carolina * Beaufort County Schools (South Carolina) – Beaufort County, South Carolina {{schooldis ...

Beaufort Group The Beaufort Group is the third of the main subdivisions of the Karoo Supergroup in South Africa. It is composed of a lower Adelaide Subgroup and an upper Tarkastad Subgroup. It follows conformably after the Ecca Group and unconformably underlie ...

, subdivisions of the Karoo Supergroup *

Beaufort War Hospital Beaufort War Hospital was a military hospital in Stapleton district, now Greater Fishponds, of Bristol during the First World War. Before the war, it was an asylum called the Bristol Lunatic Asylum, and after the war it became the psychiatric ho ...

, Bristol, England *

Beaufort scale The Beaufort scale is an empirical measure that relates wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land. Its full name is the Beaufort wind force scale. History The scale was devised in 1805 by the Irish hydrographer Francis Beaufort ...

, an empirical measure for describing wind intensity {{disambig, geo