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People and titles

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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 ...
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House of Beaufort The House of Beaufort ( ) is an English noble family which originated in the fourteenth century as the legitimated issue of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, by Katherine Swynford. Gaunt and Swynford had four children: John Beaufort, 1st Ea ...
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Duke of Beaufort (England) Duke of Beaufort ( ) is a title in the Peerage of England. It 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 Duk ...
, 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, Marchioness of Monceaux, the mistress of King Henry IV, with a remainder t ...
, a title in the French nobility


Places


Polar regions

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Beaufort Sea The Beaufort Sea ( ; ) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located north of the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Alaska, and west of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The sea is named after Sir Francis Beaufort, a Hydrography, hydrographer. T ...
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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

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Beaufort, Queensland, a locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland *
Beaufort, South Australia Beaufort is a locality along the Augusta Highway in the Mid North region of South Australia. The town was surveyed in November 1878 and gazetted on 4 September 1879. History Indigenous According to the ''Manning Index of South Australian Hist ...
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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 2021 census, Beaufort had a population of 1,712 ...
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Beaufort Inlet (Western Australia) 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, Vancouver Island, British Columbia


France

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Beaufort, Haute-Garonne Beaufort (; ) is a village and commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The commune is bordered by four other communes: Sainte-Foy-de-Peyrolières to the northeast, Rieumes to the south, Montgras to the southw ...
* Beaufort, Hérault *
Beaufort, Isère Beaufort () is a Communes of France, commune in the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Beaufortois'' or ''Beaufortoises''. Geograph ...
* 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 647 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The commun ...
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Beaufort, Savoie Beaufort (; ), 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. Geography Climate ...
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Beaufort-Blavincourt Beaufort-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. Population Sights * The church ...
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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 ...
, Meuse * Beaufort-en-Santerre, 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 depart ...
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Montmorency-Beaufort Montmorency-Beaufort () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. Through the English noble House of Beaufort and the later peerage of Beaufort, both named after the local castle, it is the ultimate origin of most Beau ...
, Aube


Ireland

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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 o ...
, a village


Luxembourg

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Beaufort, Luxembourg Beaufort (; ; ) is a Communes of Luxembourg, commune and town in eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Echternach (canton), Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher (district), Grevenmacher. Commune In 2024, the town o ...


Lebanon

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Beaufort Castle, Lebanon Beaufort or Belfort Castle, known locally as Qal'at al-Shaqif () or Shaqif Arnun, is a Crusader fortress in Nabatieh Governorate, Southern Lebanon, about to the south-south-east of the village of Arnoun. There was a fortification on the site ...


Malaysia

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Beaufort, Malaysia 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 about 90 kil ...
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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 since 1995. The federal constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and ...


South Africa

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Beaufort West Beaufort West (Afrikaans: ''Beaufort-Wes''; Xhosa: ''eBhobhofolo'') 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 ...
, largest town in the arid Great Karoo *
Fort Beaufort Fort Beaufort ( Xhosa: iBhofolo), officially renamed KwaMaqoma in March 2023, 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 mun ...
, 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. History It is a seaside resort, formerly also a harbour, on the north bank of the Breede River estuary. The settlement was named afte ...
, settlement in Eden in the Western Cape province


United Kingdom

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Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent Beaufort ( or ) is a village and Community (Wales), community on the northern edge of the county borough of Blaenau Gwent in Wales. It is located in the historic counties of Wales, historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire) and the Preserv ...
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Beaufort Castle, Scotland Beaufort Castle or Castle Dounie () 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 north of Kiltarlity a ...
* Beaufort's Dyke, between Scotland and Northern Ireland


United States

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Beaufort, North Carolina Beaufort ( , different from that of Beaufort, South Carolina) is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. Established in 1713 and incorporated in 1723, Beaufort is the fourth oldest town in North Carolina ( ...
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Beaufort County, North Carolina Beaufort County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 44,652. Its county seat is Washington, North Carolina, Washington. The co ...
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Beaufort, South Carolina Beaufort ( , different from that of Beaufort, North Carolina) is a city in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, and its county seat. Chartered in 1711, it is the second-oldest city in South Carolina, behind Charleston, South Carolina ...
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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 and its largest community is Hilton Head Island. Beaufort County is part of the Hilton Hea ...


Military uses

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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 Bristol Blenheim, Blenheim li ...
, 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

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Beaufort (automobiles) Beaufort was a German manufacturer of automobiles solely for the British market. It existed from 1901 to 1906 and was established with English capital. A notable piece of company history is that a Beaufort car was the first vehicle to climb Cope ...
, 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 * Beaufort railway station, Victoria


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 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 ar ...
, a French cheese * Beaufort cipher, an encryption technique using a substitution cipher * Beaufort County Schools (disambiguation) *
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 under ...
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Beaufort War Hospital Beaufort War Hospital was a military hospital in Stapleton, Bristol, Stapleton district, now Greater Fishponds, of Bristol during the World War I, First World War. Before the war, it was an Lunatic Asylum, asylum called the Bristol Lunatic Asylum ...
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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. It was devised in 1805 by Francis Beaufort a hydrographer in the Royal Navy. It ...
, an empirical measure for describing wind intensity {{disambig, geo