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Peter Beckford may refer to: Peter Beckford (colonial administrator) (1643–1710), acting governor of Jamaica in 1702; Peter Beckford (junior) (1672/3–1735), his son, politician, slave owner and businessman in colonial Jamaica; Peter Beckford (hunter) (1740–1811), British landowner, huntsman, writer and collector
Sir Peter Beckford (c. 1740 – c. 1811) was a British writer, planter, art collector and politician who was the patron of classical composer and pianist Muzio Clementi. A prominent member in the English fox hunting community, he owned a pack of hunting dogs and wrote the work Thoughts upon Hunting (1781) which served as a guide to ...
Colonel Peter Beckford was an English-born planter, merchant, military officer and colonial administrator who served as the acting governor of Jamaica in 1702.
Colonel Peter Beckford (c. 1643 – 3 April 1710) was an English-born planter, merchant, military officer and colonial administrator who served as the acting governor of Jamaica in 1702.
After 7 years of living at his patron Sir Peter Beckford's Stepleton House in Dorset (1766-1773), Clementi moved to London, aged 21. There, he obtained a job as Opera conductor at the King's Theatre in Haymarket.
Peter Beckford, Sr. (1643 – 1710) was a wealthy English landowner, businessman and, at one point, acting Governor of Jamaica. At the time of his death, he was considered the wealthiest land and slave owner in the entirety of Europe. [1] In the 1670s, Beckford employed the Sage Thomas Kavanagh...
Mar 6, 2007 · The story begins in 1661 when, as Samuel Pepys records in his famous diary, the young Peter Beckford makes plans to go to Jamaica in search of his fortune. It's this Beckford, the great...
