Sir William Beale, 1st Baronet
Sir William Phipson Beale, 1st Baronet, KC (29 October 1839 – 13 April 1922) was a British barrister and Liberal Party politician.
Family and education
The family of which William Phipson Beale was a member was a well-established merchant family in Birmingham by the late 18th century. They produced lawyers, businessmen and politicians. They had commercial interests in banking, railways and ironworks and were associated through business, marriage or politics to many other well-known Birmingham figures; his brother Charles, was uncle to Neville Chamberlain.[1]
Beale was the eldest son of William John Beale from Birmingham. His grandfather William Beale lived at
Career
Beale first worked in the iron trade in what appears to be one of the family's many concerns,
Politics
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He did not contest a seat at the general elections of 1895 or 1900 but he was selected as candidate for the marginal seat of South Ayrshire in time for the 1906 general election when he was finally elected to Parliament. Whilst an MP he voted in favour of the 1908 Women's Enfranchisement Bill.[14] He held the seat until 1918 when he stood down.[15]
Politics was in the Beale family
Honours and appointments
In 1912 Beale was created a
Death
On Beale's death at
References
- ^ Andrew Rowley, Beale family in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, OUP online, 2004-12
- ^ The Times, 15 April 1922 p9
- ^ The Times, 26 November 1885 p3
- ^ The Times House of Commons 1910; Politico’s Publishing, 2004 p98
- ^ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 65, 97
- ^ Who was Who, OUP online, 2007
- ^ The Times, 26 November 1885 p3
- ^ The Times, 28 January 1867 p9
- ^ The Times, 8 March 1888 p6
- ^ Who was Who, OUP online, 2007
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 p411
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 p70
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 p64
- ^ "WOMEN'S ENFRANCHISEMENT BILL. (Hansard, 28 February 1908)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 28 February 1908.
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 p529
- ^ Andrew Rowley, Beale family in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, OUP online, 2004-12
- ^ The Times, 15 April 1922 p9
- ^ "No. 28637". The London Gazette. 20 August 1912. p. 6188.
- ^ Who was Who, OUP online, 2007
- ^ The Times, 20 April 1922 p15