Charles Gabriel Beale

Charles Gabriel Beale JP (10 May 1843–1 Sep 1912), third son of William John Beale, was four times Lord Mayor of Birmingham.

Charles Gabriel Beale
Born(1843-05-10)May 10, 1843
Edgbaston
DiedSeptember 1, 1912(1912-09-01) (aged 69)
Kings Norton
OccupationSolicitor
Known forLord Mayor of Birmingham
Sheriff of Merionethshire

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, as Lord Mayor of Birmingham in 1897, 1898, 1899 and 1905, and 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.

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References
  1. Who Was Who 1897–1916, p. 48.
  2. "Berrow's Worcester Journal" (8650). 15 August 1868.


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