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Thomas Bestford volunteered for the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry in 1861 and deserted a year later, one of more than 200,000 Union soldiers who did.

John Besford was one of two Members of Parliament elected in September 1388 for the British parliamentary constituency of Northampton.

The Sebright Baronetcy of Besford was created in 1626 for Edward Sebright, High Sheriff of Worcestershire, who later fought as a Royalist in the Civil War.

Brothers George and Thomas Besford were charged with Highway Robbery and tried at the Old Bailey in London on 7th September 1768.

Percy Robert Smith Besford, born in the Lowestoft area in 1914, was a skipper in the Royal Naval Reserve and was Mentioned in Despatches in the 1944 King’s Birthday Honours.

Agnes de Besford was the daughter of Alexander Besford and his first wife, and married Thomas Throckmorton of Fladbury.

Alexander de Besford was the father of John de Besford.

John de Besford was the son of of Alexander de Besford and Margaret Beatrix Besford.

The Besford Boys were a group of North East children who were sent by Sunderland Council in the 1940s and 50s to attend schools run by the Roman Catholic Church.

Lee Besford is a photographer whose work is often credited in the Sydney Morning Herald, Australia.