BEAMONT, Rev. William John (only son of Wm. Beamont of Warrington, solicitor). b. Warrington 16 Jany. 1828; ed. at Warrington, Eton and Trin. coll. Cam.; chancellor’s medallist 1850, B.A. 1850, M.A. 1853; fellow of his college 1852 to death; C. of St. John’s the Evangelist, Drury lane, London 1855; P.C. of St. Michael’s Cambridge 1857 to death; chief founder of Cambridge School of art 1858 and the Church Defence Association 1859; originator of the Church Congress 1861; author of Catherine the Egyptian slave 1852; Concise grammar of the Arabic language 1861; author with Rev. W. M. Campion of The prayer-book interleaved 1868, 7 ed. 1880. d. Trinity college, Cambridge 6 Aug. 1868.
BEAN, William. Began riding with the Queen’s stag hounds 1792; a great steeplechase rider; rode 24 steeplechases and won 17 of them. d. Notting hill London about 31 March 1867 aged about 86. Scott and Sebright by the Druid (1885) 282–89; Illust. sporting news vi, 241 (1867), portrait.
BEARD, Rev. John Relly. b. Southsea, Portsmouth 4 Aug. 1800; ed. at Unitarian college, York; minister at Salford, Manchester 1825; kept a school at Salford 1826; D.D. Univ. of Giessen 1838; minister at Strangeways, Manchester 1848–64; started a scheme for educating young men for home missions, which originated Unitarian home missionary board or college, of which he was the first principal; minister at Sale near Ashton-on-Mersey 1865–73; the first editor of the Christian Teacher 1835; started the Unitarian Herald; author of Voices of the church in reply to Dr. Strauss 1845; Historical and Artistic illustrations of the Trinity 1846; Illustrations of the divine in Christianity 1849; Latin dictionary 1854; Christ the interpreter of scripture 1865; Christian evidence, an antidote to materialism 1868; Autobiography of Satan 1872. d. Ashton upon Mersey 21 Nov. 1876. J. Evans’s Lancashire authors (1850) 13–17.
BEARD, William (son of a farmer at Banwell, Somerset). b. Banwell 24 April 1772; a small farmer; dug out a cavern in Banwell hill and found many bones of the bear, buffalo, reindeer and wolf about 1826; let his land and spent all his time searching for bones; his collection of bones was bought by the Somersetshire Archæological and natural history society and is now in the museum at Taunton Castle. d. Banwell 9 Jany. 1868. J. Rutter’s Delineations of north western division of Somerset (1829) 147–60, portrait.
BEARDMORE, Nathaniel (2 son of Joshua Beardmore of Nottingham). b. Nottingham 19 March 1816; partner with James Meadows Rendel C.E. in London and Plymouth to 1848; took out a patent for piers and breakwaters 1848; one of the first hydraulic engineers; engineer to Public works loan comrs. and River Thames Conservancy board; M.I.C.E. 3 May 1842; F.R.A.S. 8 Jany. 1858; F.M.S. pres. 1861 and 1862; F.R.G.S. 1852; author of Manual of hydrology 1852, new ed. 1867, which became the text book of the profession for hydraulic engineering. d. Broxbourne, Herts. 24 Aug. 1872; Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxxvi, 256–64 (1873).
BEARDMORE, William. b. Greenwich 6 May 1824; partner with Wm. Rigby in the Parkhead rolling mill and forge near Glasgow 1861–71, and partner with his brother 1871 to death, these works became largest of their kind in Scotland and achieved an European reputation; A.I.C.E. 6 March 1860; inventor and patentee. d. Brighton 11 Oct. 1877. Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. li, 268–70 (1878).
BEASLEY, Joseph Noble. b. 30 March 1832; lieut. col. Royal Irish Fusiliers 21 June 1880 to death. d. Ismaila, Egypt 20 Sep. 1882.
BEATRICE, Mademoiselle, stage name of Marie Beatrice Binda (dau. of Chevalier Binda, British consul at Florence). b. Lucca, Italy 5 Aug. 1839; acted at Theatres de l’Odéon and Vaudeville, Paris; made her début in London under name of Lucchesini at Haymarket theatre 3 Oct. 1864; played at Lyceum theatre 1865 and in the provinces 1866–68; organised a company 1870 with which she travelled to her death; played in London summers of 1872, 74, 75 and 78; produced and acted chief parts in Our Friends, The Sphinx, Frou-Frou and other translations from the French. d. 102 Earl’s Court road, London 22 Dec. 1878. bur. Père Lachaise cemetery Paris 2 Jany. 1879. The Stage i, 61, 63 (1874), portrait; Pascoe’s Dramatic list (1880) 388–90.
BEATSON, Rev. Benjamin Wrigglesworth (son of Anby Beatson). b. 24 Jany. 1803; ed. at Merchant Taylors’ school and Pemb. coll. Cam., 16 wrangler 1825, B.A. 1825, M.A. 1828; fellow of his college 1827 to death; author of Progressive exercises on the composition of Greek Iambic verse 1836, 10 ed. 1871; Exercises on Latin prose composition 1840; Lessons in ancient history 1853; edited Demosthenes’ Oration against Leptines 1864. d. Charles st. City road, London 20 July 1874.
BEATSON, George Stewart (3 son of Henry Duncan Beatson of Campbelltown, Argyleshire). b. Greenock May 1814; ed. at Glasgow Univ., M.D. 1836; L.R.C.S. Edin. 1836; assistant surgeon army medical department 1838; surgeon general 1 May 1863; principal medical officer of British troops in India 1863–68 and 1871 to death; in charge of Royal Victoria hospital Netley 1868–71; honorary phys. to the Queen 13 March 1866; C.B. 2 June 1869. d. Knollswood, Simla 7 June 1874. I.L.N. lxv, 229 (1874), portrait.