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About Peter Beckford
Sir Peter Beckford was a British writer and politician who represented Morpeth in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1768 to 1774. He was also a patron of classical composer and pianist Muzio Clementi. A prominent member of the fox hunting community in England, he owned a pack of hunting dogs and wrote the work Thoughts upon Hunting (1781) which served as a guide to the practice.
Everything about Peter Beckford →- Occupation
- politician, animal breeder, writer
- Position held
- member of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- 1740
- Died
- 1811, February 18, 1811