Robert Mackenzie Beverley (1798-1868) was born at Beverley, Yorkshire. He attended Richmond School, and matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1816 (LL.B., 1821). Thereafter, he lived at Beverley, becoming a Justice of the Peace and Deputy-Lieutenant. In 1833 he published A letter to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, Chancellor, on the present corrupt state of the University, which received much criticism, including a rebuff from The Times . Beverley wrote on a range of other subjects, which were often of a controversial nature. He died at Scarborough on 3 November 1868.
From the guide to the Robert Mackenzie Beverley: Correspondence regarding his Attack on Cambridge University, 1834, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)
