Bartholomew left a widow and a surviving son and daughter, and the family may have moved to Walton or Hopton Castle. Geographic coordinates 54 00 N, 2 00 W Map references Europe Area total: 243,610 sq km land: 241,930 sq km water: 1,680 sq km note 1: the percentage area breakdown of the four UK countries is: England 53%, Scotland 32%, Wales 9%, and Northern Ireland 6% note 2: includes Rockall and the Shetland Islands, which are part of Scotland Standen House: the visually more rewarding garden front. The son, Bartholomew Beale (1662-1727), came of age in 1683 but did not attend either a university or one of the inns of court, perhaps because he was already engaged in estate management. The staircase, north of the hall, is arranged with double flights up to the half-landing, double flights again to the first floor, and two parallel straight flights to the second floor; the lower flights are cased with panelling of c.1700. ' That, gentlemen, rests with you,' was the reply. ' Jan 1, 2020 - On this site, which was short-listed for the SAHGB Colvin Prize in 2019, I present the results of my research into the landowning families of the British Isles and the country houses which they owned. The genealogy below begins with Robert Beale's nephew, Bartholomew Beale (c.1583-1660), one of three brothers whose father was probably William Beale, one of two sons named in the will of Robert Beale (d. 1548): his brother John was a leading stationer in London and Theodore (c.1596-1653) was vicar of Ashbocking (Suffk) until ejected in 1644, . He had four sons, three whom became lawyers and one a physician and surgeon (who lived to be 101 and therefore must count as something of an advert for his profession!). and built in a lovely position on the wooded banks of the Afon Mawddach. Although he did not play a significant part in Birmingham politics, like his brother, he was a prominent member of the Unitarian congregation there, and was closely involved with the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival, which was both at the heart of the cultural life of the city and a major source of funding for the city's general hospital. The fenestration is varied, with mullioned windows of different types on each floor: cusped, uncusped, and finally with slim column shafts. High Sheriff of Merionethshire, 1907-08. 1829; died in Oxford, 2 March 1863; will proved 19 August 1863 (effects under 3,000). The eldest, Sir John Field Beale (1874-1935) was a solicitor, company director and industrialist, whose most prominent appointments were as chairman of the Midlands ironworking firm, GKN, and deputy chairman of the Midland Railway. This room, and the adjoining dining room, with its panelling painted a charming green, faithful to the original colour, perhaps give the best impression of what the house would have been like when it was the home of the Beales. (1) Malcolm Weatherley Beale (1904-89), born 6 August 1904; solicitor; partner in Beale & Co. of Birmingham from c.1930-c.1974; married, 19 October 1927 at Edgbaston, Elsie Annie (1906-98), daughter of Frederick Heacock of Warley (Staffs), dairyman, and had issue two daughters; died 22 October 1989; will proved 6 December 1989 (estate under 100,000); (2) Claire Marion Beale (1907-98), born 2 July 1907; married, 6 October 1933 at Edgbaston, Dr. Philip Joseph Ganner (1904-70) of Acocks Green, Birmingham, obstetric surgeon, and had issue two sons and one daughter; died 9 February 1998; will proved 14 May 1998. His religious views seem to have been more orthodox than Puritan, and after his brother Theodore was ejected from his living at Ashbocking, he presented him to the parish church on his estate at Walton. He died at the Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury, 21 March, and was buried at Leintwardine, 29 March 1845; his will was proved in the PCC, 13 August 1845. He became eminent in his field, and was President of the Law Society in 1908. Please use the Contact Form in the right hand side bar to contact me . Educated for industry and spent a brief period at the Sheffield ironworks (of which his uncle Samuel was a director) before attending Lincolns Inn (admitted, 1864; called, 1867; bencher, 1892). His second wife died 14 October 1825. Can anyone supply a photograph of Drumlamford in its original condition, before the roof was altered, or explain when and why the change to the roof was made? After the National Trust took over the property in 1972, the garden was redesigned by Graham Stuart Thomas so that it could be maintained by a single gardener. ), 23 January and was buried at Richard's Castle, 29 January 1846; (9) John Arthur Beale (1829-63), born 29 April and. Heath House, Leintwardine: the south front in the 1950s. Employed by L. Sterne & Co. from 1903 (director and general manager, 1912; managing director, 1924; chairman, 1935). son of William John Beale (1807-83) and his wife Martha Phipson, born 5 December 1840. Jan 13, 2022 - On this site, which was short-listed for the SAHGB Colvin Prize in 2019, I present the results of my research into the landowning families of the British Isles and the country houses which they owned. He died at Bishop's Castle (Shrops. was deliberately designed to be unpretentious, in deference to the Unitarian faith and long puritan tradition of the Beales (Mrs. Beale was a descendant of Oliver Cromwell), and the entrance front, which faces north onto the informal courtyard enclosed by the service wing and older farm buildings is notably dour. of James Samuel Beale (1840-1912) and his wife Margaret. An important and influential country house, on a small estate comprising three farms to the south of East Grinstead, soon after the opening of a new branch railway had made the area accessible to families from London looking for a country retreat. Landed families and country houses | Friends of Berwick and District Image: Nick Kingsley. (1) Byne Beale (1744-1825), baptised at Leintwardine, 18 July 1744; married, 11 March 1773 at Leintwardine, John Oakeley (1744-1811) of Firgrove alias Oakeley, Bishops Castle (Shrops. A current project. Please use the Contact Form in the right hand side bar to contact me privately or the comments facility at the bottom of the page to make a public comment. The house has a pair of later stuccoed canted bays on either side of a loggia on the garden front. H, e was appointed KBE, 1942, and was author of. May 25, 2016 - Landed families of Britain and Ireland: June 2013. In over 1,400 pages, this work presents pedigrees of the landed gentry (members of the aristocracy without nobility). Commandant, Sussex, 1924) and became a committee member of the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, 1934-63. Great Britain (England and Scotland) - created 1707-1801 Ireland - created before 1801 United Kingdom (England, Scotland and Ireland) -created since 1801 union. Watson (and Watson-Armstrong) of Adderstone Hall, Cragside and Bamburgh, Barons Armstrong (, West (Alston-Roberts-West) of Elmdon Hall (, Wheatley-Balme of Cote Wall and High Close, Wilbraham (Baker-) of Rode Hall, baronets, Wright-Armstrong of Dean's Hill and Killylea (, Wrixon (later Wrixon-Becher) of Ballygiblin, Creagh, Assolas and Castle Hyde, baronets, This index was last updated on 25 June 2023, About this project, and what's coming next. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Landed families of Britain and Ireland: Biographical Index Be-Z - Blogger 1661; fl. His wife died 16 August and was buried at Walton, 19 August 1657 and is commemorated on her husband's monument. Beale, who lived in the smart upper middle class district of Holland Park, London, obviously felt the need of a similar bolt hole away from London, to which he might eventually retire. Landed families of Britain and Ireland - Dr. William Douglas - The Douglas Archives Nick Kingsley writes a fascinating blog about the Landed families of Britain and Ireland. Charles Gabriel Perkins (1842-1908) of 5th Dragoon Guards, son of Gustave Gabriel (d. 1848), a Dutch language tutor, of Leeds (Yorks WR), and had issue one son and one daughter; died 21 August 1932; will proved 21 October 1932 (estate 2,177). A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry ; or Image: Guy Tyrwhitt-Drake. Virginia Colonial Records FamilySearch Beale then asked the Arts & Crafts architect, Philip Webb, to design the new house and was persuaded to adjust the site so that it nestled a little more closely into the sloping ground than Simpson had intended. The site was adjacent to the partly 15th century Hollybush Farm, which Webb not only retained and adapted, as outbuildings and stables, but the scale and materials. JP for Birmingham; Mayor of Birmingham, 1897-1900, and on the formation of the University of Birmingham he became its first Vice-Chancellor, 1900. The work has been in existence from the first half of the 19th century, and was founded by John Burke. Eldest son of William John Beale (1807-83) and his wife Martha Phipson, born 29 October 1839. He joined his father's firm and trained as a solicitor, becoming. One of the ways in which Webb's original design for the house was simplified was the omission of a dedicated library. A related project titled "A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland" is based on a similar Burke's publication, but is also constrained to a very specific publication. (5) Mary Emma Beale (1848-92), born 26 January 1848; married, 20 March 1880 at Christ Church, Paddington (Middx), William Bell Davies (1846-91) of Croxley Grove, Rickmansworth (Herts), son of Richard Davies, and had issue one son; died 15 May 1892; will proved 25 June 1892 (effects 12,894); (6) Dr. Edwin Clifford Beale (1851-1953), born 16 October 1851; educated at Edgbaston, Harrow and Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge (matriculated 1870; BA 1874; MA 1877; MB 1880); elected MRCS, 1878 and FRCP, 1890; house physician at Guy's Hospital, Consulting Physician to the City of London Hospital for diseases of the chest and to the Royal Northern Hospital, London until he retired c.1911; Vice-President of the Royal Northern Hospital. Explore. Landed families of Britain and Ireland - Dr. William Douglas His widow died in Liverpool, 28 September 1886; her will was proved 15 November 1886 (estate 13,816). Heath House, Leintwardine (Herefordshire). His wife died 27 October 1940; her will was proved about January 1941 (estate 25,667). 1820; educated at Eton and Brasenose College, Oxford (matriculated 1838; BA 1842); rector of Hopton Castle (Shrops. The surviving shell was for sale in 2021. He started in business as a lead and glass merchant, but quickly diversified into banking, ironworks and railways and other enterprises. & d. 1660), born 29 June and baptised at St Bride, Fleet St., London, 10 July 1660; died in infancy and was buried at the same church, 29 August 1660; (3) Elizabeth Beale (b. (548) Bellville of Tedstone Court, Papillon Hall a (547) Bellot of Great Moreton Hall, baronets and o (375) Baring of Membland House and Lambay Castle, Barons Revelstoke, (548) Bellville of Tedstone Court, Papillon Hall and Fermyn Woods Hall, (119) Cracroft-Amcotts of Kettlethorpe and Hackthorn, (384) Barker of Haughmond Abbey and Colehurst Hall, (472) Bamford of Hawthornden Manor, Wootton Lodge and Daylesford House, Irish Landed Estates and Historic Houses c1700-1914. An archway beyond the service range linked it to the 15th century farm buildings and provided the principal approach to the front of the house. He later established himself in business as a lead and glass merchant in Birmingham, where he was sufficiently successful to become part of the town elite, serving as Low Bailiff in 1822 and as one of the Street Commissioners (who provided the only effective urban administration until the borough was incorporated in 1838). Landed families of Britain and Ireland: List of families covered - Blogger Having acquired the site, James Beale (1840-1912) first commissioned the design of a garden from George B. Simpson, who selected and levelled the site for a new house and designed a rather old-fashioned 'Gardenesque' layout around it. Educated at Edgbaston and Trinity College, Cambridge (matriculated 1861; BA 1865; MA 1881). His will was proved about November 1912 (estate 135,637). Standen House: dining room. After his death, Standen passed to his widow and then his two spinster daughters, with the result that it remained essentially unchanged until the 1970s. Burke's Landed Gentry - Wikipedia Image: Nick Kingsley. Image: Historic England. He and his wife had no children, so on her death in 1927, Drumlamford passed to one of his nephews. He succeeded his father as a principal organizer of the Birmingham Triennial Music Festivals. This project is viewed as complementary to that . He died at Dolgellau on 21 May 1883, and was buried at Key Hill Cemetery, Birmingham; his will was proved 12 July 1883 (effects 115,748). Webb's idea was that the different building material should mark it clearly as an addition (as recommended by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings), but in context it just adds to the visual confusion. These pedigrees not only provide the names of family members, but they often include vital dates as well. 1627), baptised at Walton, 8 June 1627; bound apprentice to his uncle, John Beale, a London stationer, 1643, but probably died during his seven year term and certainly by 1656; (8) Charles Beale (1631-1705), baptised at Walton, 9 June 1631; perhaps educated privately and apprenticed to Andrew Beech of London, draper, in 1648; later he wasa minor civil servant at the Board of Green Cloth and an amateur painter; lived chiefly in London but between 1664 and 1670 lived at Otterbourne (Hants) to avoid the plague; returned to London in 1670 and became studio manager to his wife, who became one of the first professional female artists; married, 8 March 1651 at Barrow (Suffk), Mary (1633-99), portrait painter, daughter of Rev. Chart: The Social Hierarch Chart: Definitions Concerning Titled and Landed Families Terminology has changed over time so this brief account is only a rough guide. , a Glasgow-based engineering firm, 1882-1910. It will be revised after each new posting. The great storm of 1987 brought down many trees and damaged the conservatory, and the loss of the protective micro-climate created by the big trees meant that some further, tender, plants were also lost. From here, the range containing the rooms along the entrance front appears a taller block terminating in the water tower and finished like the tower with yellow roughcast (which was applied because Webb was worried that plain brickwork might suffer from water penetration in this exposed position). History [ edit | edit source] Bartholomew Beale was exceptionally unfortunate in the survival of his children, and the only one of his five sons to survive was Thomas Beale (1699-1776), who was educated at the Middle Temple and served his turn as High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1734-35. Landed families of Britain and Ireland On this site, which was short-listed for the SAHGB Colvin Prize in 2019, I present the results of my research into the landowning families of the British Isles and the country houses which they owned. From these employments he accumulated sufficient funds to purchase the manor of Walton in Buckinghamshire in 1622. solicitor to the Birmingham and Midland Bank and a legal adviser to the Midland Railway. Inside, two panelled rooms and a staircase with twisted balusters. This post was first published 22 December 2021, and was updated 29 January 2022. Simple theme. These pedigrees not only provide the names of family members, but they often include vital dates as well. When he died in 1874 he left a fortune of some 350,000 derived from his interests in banking, railways and ironmaking, and the bulk of his property passed to his only surviving son, William Lansdowne Beale (1829-96). UK & Ireland Tours - 2023-2025 Seasons - Global Journeys Heath House, Leintwardine: the north front c.1930. English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records at Ancestry ($). He was an articled clerk in his father's office from 1860, and after being admitted as a solicitor in 1864, became manager of the firm's London office from 1866-1905. ), son of Richard Betton of Shrewsbury (Shrops. 1625), baptised at Walton, 29 May 1625; perhaps died young; (7) Robert Beale (b. Additional Information The second and third sons of W.J. Unfortunately, at an unknown date but probably after the house was acquired by the Beales in 1898, the original roof was replaced by flat rendered gables with rather cutesy demi-oculi lighting the attic storey. President of the Law Society, 1908. Image: Nick Kingsley. His wife died 26 August 1761. His younger brother, Charles Gabriel Beale (1843-1912) managed the Birmingham office of Beale & Co., and was in many ways the successor to his father. (2) Constance Isabella Beale (1817-46), baptised at Leintwardine, 10 August 1817; buried at Clungunford (Shrops), 27 October 1846; her will was proved in the PCC, 23 October 1847; (3) Annette Cecilia Beale (1819-97), baptised at Leintwardine, 8 March 1819; lived with her brother Theodore at Hopton Castle and later with his widow at Bucknall (Shrops. The capital is London, which is among the world's . Applying personally to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for a grant in augmentation of the meagre stipend of Jacobstowe, he was asked: 'You are theincumbent, sir? ' He died at Windsor, 22 May 1886; his will was proved 1 June 1887 (effects 5,168). (1) Elizabeth Beale (1781-83), baptised at Leintwardine, 28 December 1781; died in infancy and was buried at Leintwardine, 12 February 1783; ; married, 6 January 1806 at Leintwardine, Rev. Further work was done in 1910, when J. Cheal & Sons of Crawley formed the New Terrace or Rock Tip Walk at the highest point of the site and built the summerhouse aligned on West Hoathly church. He married the daughter of a neighbouring landowner and had a large family, and perhaps because the estate was his only source of income, he seems to have run out of money. Landed families of Britain and Ireland - Blogger Warfield Grove was sold in 1906 by the latter's son, Arthur Geach Beale (1857-1908). These numbers are hyper-linked to the post in question, so just click on the number to follow the link and scroll down to find the relevant section of the post. A High Victorian Gothic house, designed by A.B. Wason did live at Corwar, but never at Drumlamford, which was let to the Rotch family and later the Vernons. Through his brother, Beale also became legal adviser to the Midland Railway, and the large amount of parliamentary work associated with railway promotion led to the establishment of a separate London office in the late 1840s. In order to make this site easier to use for research, this page provides an alphabetical index to the families covered in the posts issued to date. His first wife died 2 August and was buried at the Old Meeting House, Birmingham, 7 August 1822. In 1898 he bought Drumlamford House in Ayrshire as a holiday - and future retirement - home. According to his obituarist, he 'possessed a genial and kindly nature, a cultivated taste, and broad and liberal sympathies.' Please use the Contact Form in the right hand side bar to contact me privately or the comments facility at the bottom of the page to make a public comment. ), Mary (1815-86), eldest daughter of John. Beale family of Drumlamford and Standen House. His wife died 16 August 1883; administration of her goods was granted 19 June 1884 (effects 2,543). impugning the right of the Crown to fine or imprison people for ecclesiastical offences, and condemning the use of torture to induce confession. James Samuel Beale (1840-1912) took over from his father as solicitor to the Midland Railway, and managed the London office of Beale & Co., which was maintained largely because the railway business involved a lot of parliamentary work.
