Charles Gabriel Beale

Charles Gabriel Beale JP (10 May 1843 –1 September 1912), third son of William John Beale, was an English solicitor, politician and ornithologist, and was four times Lord Mayor of Birmingham.

Charles Gabriel Beale
Three quarter length standing portrait, the subject looking directly at the viewer, while turned slightly to left. One hand rests on a low wooden table and he wears gowns which are black with a gold trim and details. Standing against a brown background.
1912 oil portrait, in the gowns of the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham
Born(1843-05-10)10 May 1843
Edgbaston
Died1 September 1912(1912-09-01) (aged 69)
Kings Norton
OccupationSolicitor
Known for

Biography

Beale lived at Maple Bank, Edgbaston, Birmingham and Bryntirion, Dolgelly, Wales. He was a member of Beale and Co. of London and Birmingham, solicitors to the Midland Railway, a director of the London City and Midland Bank, and chairman of the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham, and as Lord Mayor of Birmingham in 1897, 1898 and 1899, returning to the post in 1905 following the sudden death of the incumbent, Rowland Hill Berkeley. He was Sheriff of Merionethshire in 1907. In 1911 he was appointed a member of the Railway Inquiry Commission. He died on 1 September 1912.[1]

Family

Beale married Alice Kenrick (1845–1940), daughter of Timothy Kenrick and Maria Paget, on 7 August 1868.[2] They had four children, Hubert Kenrick, Edith Mary, Edmund Phipson and Norah who married Wilfred Byng Kenrick.

References
  1. Who Was Who 1897–1916, p. 48.
  2. "Berrow's Worcester Journal". No. 8650. 15 August 1868.


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