Peter Beckford (MP)

Sir Peter Beckford (c. 1740 – c. 1811) was a British writer and politician who represented Morpeth in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1768 to 1774.

He was a nephew of William Beckford, Lord Mayor of the City of London, and cousin of William Thomas Beckford (1760–1844), author of the Gothic novel Vathek and builder of the folly Fonthill Abbey.

Beckford agreed to provide quarterly payments to sponsor Muzio's musical education until the boy reached the age of 21.

[3] Beckford was an enthusiastic hunter, and in 1781 published his Thoughts upon Hunting In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend.

His wife and a young daughter died at Florence; and he returned to Britain in 1799.