Beaufort
Encyclopedia
People and titles
- Beaufort (surname)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.Beaufort is also the surname of:...
, the surname of many people - House of Beaufort, English nobility
- Duke of Beaufort (England), a title in the peerage of England
- Duke of Beaufort (France), a title in the French nobility
Places
- Beaufort, VictoriaBeaufort, VictoriaBeaufort 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 387 metres above sea level. At the 2001 census, Beaufort had a population of 987...
, Australia - Beaufort RangeBeaufort RangeThe 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. It has an area of 448 km2 and is a subrange of the Vancouver Island Ranges which in turn form part of the Insular Mountains.The highest...
, a mountain range on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada - Beaufort, Haute-GaronneBeaufort, Haute-GaronneBeaufort is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...
, Haute-Garonne département, France - Beaufort, HéraultBeaufort, HéraultBeaufort is a commune in the Hérault department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France.-Population:...
, Hérault département, France - Beaufort, IsèreBeaufort, IsèreBeaufort is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France.-See also:*Communes of the Isère department...
, Isère département, France - Beaufort, JuraBeaufort, JuraBeaufort is a commune in the Jura department in Franche-Comté in eastern France.-References:*...
, Jura département, France - Beaufort, NordBeaufort, NordBeaufort is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.-Heraldry:-References:*...
, Nord département, France - Beaufort, SavoieBeaufort, SavoieBeaufort, also Beaufort-sur-Doron, is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.-References:*...
, Savoie département, France - Beaufort-BlavincourtBeaufort-BlavincourtBeaufort-Blavincourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Population:-Places of interest:* The church of the Holy Trinity at Beaufort, dating from the nineteenth century....
, Pas-de-Calais département, France - Beaufort-en-ArgonneBeaufort-en-ArgonneBeaufort-en-Argonne is a commune in the Meuse department in the Lorraine region in north-eastern France.-See also:*Communes of the Meuse department...
, Meuse département, France - Beaufort-en-SanterreBeaufort-en-SanterreBeaufort-en-Santerre is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated on the junction of the D329 and D161 roads, southeast of Amiens.-Population:-External links:* * *...
, Somme département, France - Beaufort-en-ValléeBeaufort-en-ValléeBeaufort-en-Vallée is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France....
, Maine-et-Loire département, France - Beaufort-sur-GervanneBeaufort-sur-GervanneBeaufort-sur-Gervanne is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.-Population:-References:*...
, Drôme département, France - Beaufort, County KerryBeaufort, County Kerry- See also :* List of towns and villages in Ireland...
, County Kerry, Ireland - Beaufort, LuxembourgBeaufort, LuxembourgBeaufort is a commune and town in eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher.In 2005, the town of Beaufort, which lies in the centre of the commune, had a population of 1,366. Other towns within the commune include Dillingen.The old...
- Beaufort, Malaysia
- Beaufort, North CarolinaBeaufort, North CarolinaBeaufort is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. Established in 1709, it is the third-oldest town in North Carolina.The population was 4,189 at the 2008 census and it is the county seat of Carteret County...
, USA - Beaufort, South CarolinaBeaufort, South CarolinaBeaufort 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 Carolina, behind Charleston. The city's population was 12,361 in the 2010 census. It is located in the Hilton Head Island-Beaufort Micropolitan...
, USA - Beaufort County, North CarolinaBeaufort County, North Carolina- Law and government :Beaufort County is a member of the Mid-East Commission regional council of governments.Beaufort County is one of the proposed sites for a Navy outlying landing field. This practice airfield would allow pilots to simulate landings on an aircraft carrier...
, USA - Beaufort County, South CarolinaBeaufort County, South Carolina-National protected areas:*Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge *Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 155,215 people, 45,532 households, and 33,056 families residing in the county. The population density was 206 people per...
, USA - Beauford Township, MinnesotaBeauford Township, MinnesotaBeauford Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 442 as of the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and is water....
, USA - Beaufort, Ebbw ValeBeaufort, Ebbw ValeBeaufort is a village located in the historic county of Brecknockshire and the preserved county of Gwent. It currently lies on the northern edge of the county borough of Blaenau Gwent in Wales....
, Wales - Beaufort SeaBeaufort SeaThe Beaufort Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located north of the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska, west of Canada's Arctic islands. The sea is named after hydrographer Sir Francis Beaufort...
in the Arctic Ocean
Military uses
- Bristol BeaufortBristol BeaufortThe Bristol Beaufort was 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....
, a large British torpedo bomber - CSS BeaufortCSS BeaufortThe CSS Beaufort was an iron hull gunboat that served in North Carolina and Virginia during the Civil War.The Beaufort was originally called the Caledonia. She was built at the Pusey & Jones Company of Wilmington, Delaware in 1854. The Caledonia operated out of Edenton, North Carolina. In 1856...
, a Confederate Navy gunboat
Transportation
- Beaufort (automobiles)Beaufort (automobiles)Beaufort was a German manufacturer of automobiles solely for the British market. It existed from 1902 - 1919 and was created with English capital....
, a German manufacturer of automobiles solely for the British market from 1902-1910 - Beaufort (dinghy)Beaufort (dinghy)The Beaufort is a substantial GRP sailing dinghy, with round bilges The Beaufort is a substantial GRP sailing dinghy, with round bilges The Beaufort is a substantial GRP sailing dinghy, with round bilges (appearing similar to a carvel smooth hull, a mainsail and a jib.It was designed by Ian Proctor...
, a sailing dinghy designed by Ian Proctor - Beaufort, one of the GWR 3031 ClassGWR 3031 ClassThe Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work...
locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915, formerly named Bellerophon before 1895
Other uses
- Beaufort (cheese)Beaufort (cheese)Beaufort is a hard, rather sharp cheese made from cow's milk and is similar to gruyère. It is produced in the area around Beaufort located high in the French Alps in the Savoie region of France...
, a French cheese - Beaufort (film)Beaufort (film)Beaufort is a 2007 Israeli war film. The film was directed by Joseph Cedar and was co-written by Cedar and Ron Leshem, based on Leshem's If there's a Heaven...
, a 2007 Israeli Oscar-nominated film, referring to Beaufort Castle, Lebanon - Beaufort (novel)Beaufort (novel)Beaufort ; is the first novel by Israeli author and media professional Ron Leshem. The work was initially published in 2005 and in English translation under this title in 2007...
, title of the 2007 English-language translation of the novel Im Yesh Gan Eden, basis for the film - Beaufort Castle (disambiguation)
- Beaufort HospitalBeaufort HospitalBeaufort Hospital was a military hospital in Stapleton district of Bristol during World War I. Before the war it was an asylum and after the war it became a psychiatric hospital....
, Bristol, England - Beaufort GroupBeaufort GroupThe Beaufort Group is the third of the main subdivisions of the Karoo Supergroup of geological strata in Southern Africa. It follows conformably after the Ecca Group and consists essentially of sandstones and shales, deposited in the Karoo Basin from the Middle Permian to the early part of the...
, subdivisions of the Karoo Supergroup
See also
- Beaufort cipherBeaufort cipherThe Beaufort cipher, created by Sir Francis Beaufort, is a substitution cipher that is similar to the Vigenère cipher but uses a slightly modified enciphering mechanism and tableau....
, a substitution cipher - Beaufort scaleBeaufort scaleThe 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:...
, an empirical measure for describing wind intensity