Henry Beveridge | |
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Born | 9 February 1837 Scotland |
Died | 8 November 1929 London, England |
Occupation | Orientalists |
Spouse(s) | Annette Akroyd |
Children | William Beveridge |
Henry Beveridge (9 February 1837 – 8 November 1929) was an Indian Civil Service officer and Orientalist in British India.
He married Annette Akroyd, one of the first graduates of Bedford College and translator of Persian and Turki texts. The couple had two children: a daughter, Annette Jeanie Beveridge (d. 1956), who married R. H. Tawney, and a son, William Beveridge (1879–1963), a noted economist who gave his name to the report associated with the foundation of the welfare state.
Henry Beveridge lived at Pitfold, Shottermill, Surrey, England and died in 1929.