Leicester Paul Beaufort

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Sir Leicester Paul Beaufort (13 December 1853 12 August 1926), was a British barrister and colonial governor of North Borneo.[1][2]

Beaufort was the second son of the Reverend Daniel Augustus Beaufort of Warburton, Cheshire and his wife Emily Newel, daughter of Sir John Davis, former Governor of Hong Kong.[3] His grandfather on the paternal side was Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort.[citation needed]

Education

Beaufort was educated at Westminster School and the University of Oxford, graduating as a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Civil Law.[2] He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1879.[3][2] In 1888 he was elected to the London School Board as one of the representatives of Greenwich.[4]

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