David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ Sir Francis Beaufort died on the 17th December 1857, aged eighty-three. Harriet Martineau in her “Biographical Sketches” says of him, “He was short in stature; but his countenance could nowhere pass without notice,” being characterised by “astute intelligence, shining honesty, and genial kindliness.” ”

“ Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C.B., F.R.S., was the second son [1] of Rev. Daniel Augustus Beaufort, LL.D., Vicar of Collon, County Louth, and formerly Minister of Navan, County Meath, author of “The Civil and Ecclesiastical Map of Ireland.” Francis was born at Navan in 1774, and entered the Indian Navy as a midshipman in 1787 under Captain Lestock Wilson. ”

“ He was sent to survey the coast of Karamania, and at the close of his labours he was savagely attacked and severely wounded by a Turk, and was obliged to return to England. He then brought out his interesting and beautifully illustrated volume entitled, “Karamania, or a brief description of the South Coast of Asia Minor, and of the Remains of Antiquity, with plans, views, &c, collected during a survey of that coast, under the orders of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in the years 1811 and 1812, by Francis Beaufort, F.R.S., Captain of his Majesty’s Ship Frederiksteen. ”