George Beeston

Tomb of Sir George in the chancel of St Boniface's Church, Bunbury

Sir George Beeston or Beston (circa 1520 - 13 September 1601[1]) was an English landowner, courtier, soldier and sailor. He was the captain of the Dreadnought in 1588, Member of Parliament for Cheshire in 1589 and Ranger of Delamere Forest.

Engraving of 1727 by the Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, showing Beeston Castle from the south[2]
  1. ^ 'BEESTON, Sir George (c.1520-1601), of Beeston, Cheshire' in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler (London: 1981).
  2. ^ Ormerod, G. (1882), Helsby, T. (ed.), History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (2nd ed.)