BEADON, Sir Cecil (youngest son of Richard Beadon who d. 6 April 1858 aged 76). b. Wells 1816; ed. at Eton and Shrewsbury; under secretary to government of Bengal 1843 and secretary 1852; secretary to government of India home department 1854 and foreign department 1859; member of Governor general’s council 1860; lieutenant governor of Bengal 1862–1866; K.C.S.I. 24 May 1866. d. Latton, Wilts 18 July 1880. Fortnightly Review viii, 180–91 (1867).
BEADON, Rev. Frederick (3 son of Rev. Edward Beadon, R. of North Stoneham, Hants who d. 17 Dec. 1810). b. London 6 Dec. 1777; ed. at Charter house and Trin. coll. Ox., B.A. 1800, M.A. 1804; R. of Weston-super-Mare 1801–11; preb. of Wells cathedral 26 May 1809, canon residentiary 1812–1875 and chancellor 13 Aug. 1823 to death; V. of Titley near Hereford 1811–1876; R. of Sulham, Berks 1814–1823; R. of North Stoneham Jany. 1811 to death. d. North Stoneham rectory 10 June 1879 aged 101 years and 6 months. Norman’s Memoir privately printed 1879; Graphic xx, 108 (1879), portrait.
BEADON, William Frederick (eld. son of Richard Beadon who d. 6 April 1858). b. 1808; ed. at Eton and St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1829, M.A. 1833; barrister I.T. 1 May 1835; police magistrate at Wandsworth and Hammersmith 1847, and at Marlborough st. police court 1856 to death. d. Stratford place, Cavendish sq. 30 March 1862.
BEAGLEY, Thomas. b. Farringdon near Alton, Hants 5 Oct. 1789; a builder there to Nov. 1850; professional cricketer; a splendid bat and long-stop; played for his county many years. d. 27 Alfred road, Harrow road, London 21 Feb. 1858.
BEAL, Abraham. b. Chatham about 1803; a great advocate of total abstinence; acquired title of “the Prisoner’s friend”; emigrated to the United States 1848; general agent of New York prison association 1863 to death; more than 10000 prisoners were released or pardoned through his active agency. d. Brooklyn New York 25 Feb. 1872. American Annual Cyclopædia xii, 59–60 (1873).
BEAL, Rev. William. b. Devonport 4 May 1785; Wesleyan minister 1808 to death; at Liskeard, Cornwall 1857 to death; the first Sunday school teacher in Cornwall; author of The fathers of the Wesley family and references to their times 1833, 2 ed. 1862; Britain and the Gael 1855 2 ed. 1860. d. Liskeard 18 June 1872.
BEAL, Rev. William (eld. son of the preceding). b. Sheffield 9 Dec. 1815; ed. at King’s coll. London and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1841, LLD. Aberdeen 1845, F.S.A. 1850; head master of Tavistock gr. sch. 1837–47; V. of Brooke Norfolk 1847 to death; originated at Brooke the Parochial harvest home 1854; diocesan inspector of schools 1855 to death; edited the West of England magazine 1840–47; author of First book in chronology 1840; Church Unions 1848; Peoples Colleges 1851. d. Aigle, canton Vaud Switzerland 20 April 1870.
BEALE, Lionel John. b. Falmouth Oct. 1796; M.R.C.S. 1815; practised in London about 1831 to death; medical officer of health to parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields 1856 to death; author of On spinal diseases 1830; The laws of health in relation to mind and body 1851; Health and longevity 1854; On personal and domestic hygiene 1855. d. 108 Long Acre London 23 June 1871. Medical Times and gazette ii, 24 (1871).
BEALE, Samuel (son of William Beale of Camphill, Birmingham). b. Birmingham 1803; an iron master; M.P. for Derby 28 March 1857 to 6 July 1865; chairman of Midland railway 1858–1864. d. Warfield grove, Bracknell Berkshire 11 Sep. 1874. Personalty sworn under £350,000 Oct. 1874.
BEALE, Thomas William. Clerk in office of Board of Revenue at Agra many years; author of Miftahu-t-Tawarikh or Key of history lithographed at Agra 1849; The Oriental biographical dictionary edited by the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1881. d. summer of 1875 very old. Sir H. M. Elliott’s History of India viii, 441–44 (1877).