BEAUFORT, SIR LEICESTER PAUL, younger son of Rev. Daniel Augustus Beaufort, Rector of Lymm with Warburton, Cheshire, and Emily Nowell, second dau. of Sir John Francis Davis, Bart., KCB DCL FRS, EICS Canton, Governor of Hong Kong; b. 13 Dec 1853; adm. 21 Jun 1867 (James'); QS 29 Jan 1869; left Nov 1871; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Oct 1872; BA 1878; BCL and MA 1879; adm. Inner Temple 30 Jun 1876, called to bar 7 May 1879; Northern Circuit; member, London School Board 1888-9; Governor, Secretary and Judicial Commissioner, North Borneo 1889-95; Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Labuan and North Borneo 1895-1900; Chief Justice of Northern Rhodesia 1901-18; acting administrator, North-Eastern Rhodesia 1905-11; knighted 18 Feb 1919; m. 29 Mar 1883 Edith Mary, dau. of Rev. Charles Higman Griffith, Rector of Stratfield Turgis, Hampshire; d. at Wynberg, South Africa, 12 Aug 1926.